Smoke Alarms Credited For Saving Family From Apartment Fire In Montgomery Co.

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Fire officials say smoke alarms saved the lives of a Silver Spring family after a fire broke out in their home on Thursday.

A Montgomery County Fire spokesperson tweeted photos Saturday from the scene, writing smoke alarms went off in the four-level apartment building on Bel Pre Road.

SMOKE ALARMS SAVE LIVES! Smoke Alarms activated & alerted occupants at 3852 Bel Pre Rd, they all got out, FFs assisted other neighbors from the 4-level apt bldg, 1st arriving FFs encountered heavy fire & spreading rapidly pic.twitter.com/JdzKpQMDpx
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) February 22, 2018

Flames quickly spread through the ground floor unit. Firefighters responded to the scene and helped neighbors escape.

Officials say everyone who lived in the building got out safely.

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