Dozens Of Residents Displaced After Gaithersburg Apartment Fire
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- More than 60 people are out in the cold after an apartment fire in Montgomery County.
(445a) Quince Orchard Blvd, 2-Alarm condo fire; 39 adults, 22 kids displaced; Area of Origin, attic, fire started above top floor living space (this area was adjacent & above an interior partition w/ electrical connectors; Cause, likely accidental, undetermined; Damage ~$450k pic.twitter.com/2peidaNY2p
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) December 30, 2017
The Washington Post reports the fire broke out around 4:45 a.m. Saturday at the Potomac Oaks Condominiums in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Montgomery County Fire spokesperson Pete Piringer says 39 adults and 22 children were displaced.
More than 100 firefighters fought the blaze, according to the Post, and a police officer was taken to the hospital but was treated and released. No other injuries were reported. Residents were taken to a shelter across the street at an elementary school.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation, but officials believe it was an accident.
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