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Officials: Amazon Alexa Alerted Family of House Fire

Source of the Spring Staff | Oct 10, 2024Sep 20, 2022 at 7:41 am | Silver Spring

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue officials say an Amazon Alexa device alerted a family to smoke inside their home during a fire early Monday morning.

Longtime Takoma Park Volunteer Fire Chief Dies

Source of the Spring Staff | Oct 10, 2024Sep 12, 2022 at 6:59 am | Takoma Park

Longtime Takoma Park Volunteer Fire Department chief James “Jimmy” Jarboe (retired) has died, the department announced Sunday.

MHP Raises $583k for Friendly Garden Apartments Explosion Victims

Source of the Spring Staff | Oct 20, 2024Apr 2, 2022 at 8:29 am | Silver Spring

Silver Spring nonprofit Montgomery Housing Partnership has raised roughly $583,000 for the victims of the March 3 explosion and fire at the Friendly Garden Apartments on Lyttonsville Road, according to a report from Bethesda Beat.

UPDATED: MHP Raises Nearly $500k for Friendly Garden Apartments Explosion Victims

Source of the Spring Staff | Oct 20, 2024Mar 15, 2022 at 9:30 am | Silver Spring

Silver Spring nonprofit Montgomery Housing Partnership has raised nearly $500,000 for the victims of the March 3 explosion and fire at the Friendly Garden Apartments on Lyttonsville Road, according to an announcement on MHP’s website.

Updated: Firefighters Respond to Town Center Garage Fire Yesterday

Mike Diegel | Oct 10, 2024Feb 5, 2022 at 6:55 am | Silver Spring

County firefighters responded to a fire at about 1:30 yesterday afternoon in the Town Center garage at 801 Ellsworth Dr., according to Pete Piringer, the department’s public information officer.

Fire Investigators Arrest Silver Spring Man in Arson Cases

Mike Diegel | Oct 22, 2024Dec 30, 2021 at 4:28 pm | Silver Spring

Investigators with the county Fire & Rescue Service arrested Mauro Anderson Rodrigues, 44, of Silver Spring on Dec. 28 in connection with several arson fires in the area, Pete Piringer, public information officer for MCFRS, announced Dec. 30 on Twitter.