Residents accounted for in Md. house fire

In this photo taken by a neighbor, the house on White Drive in Colesville burns. (Courtesy of Bryan Ramirez)
In this photo taken by a neighbor, the house on White Drive in Colesville burns. (Courtesy of Bryan Ramirez)
There were anxious moments on the scene as the family who lives here couldn't be found, but they appear to be out of town. (WTOP/Kristi King)
There were anxious moments on the scene as the family who lives here couldn’t be found, but they appear to be out of town. (WTOP/Kristi King)
About 7 firefighters responded, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue officials say. (WTOP/Kristi King)
About 7 firefighters responded, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue officials say. (WTOP/Kristi King)
The fire on White Drive broke out shortly before 4 a.m. (WTOP/Kristi King)
The fire on White Drive broke out shortly before 4 a.m. (WTOP/Kristi King)
A two-story house is on fire on White Drive in Colesville, and firefighters are still searching for the occupants. (Montgomery County Fire and Rescue/Pete Piringer)
A two-story house is on fire on White Drive in Colesville, and firefighters are still searching for the occupants. (Montgomery County Fire and Rescue/Pete Piringer)
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In this photo taken by a neighbor, the house on White Drive in Colesville burns. (Courtesy of Bryan Ramirez)
There were anxious moments on the scene as the family who lives here couldn't be found, but they appear to be out of town. (WTOP/Kristi King)
About 7 firefighters responded, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue officials say. (WTOP/Kristi King)
The fire on White Drive broke out shortly before 4 a.m. (WTOP/Kristi King)
A two-story house is on fire on White Drive in Colesville, and firefighters are still searching for the occupants. (Montgomery County Fire and Rescue/Pete Piringer)

WASHINGTON – Firefighters have determined that the people who live in a two-story house in Colesville, Maryland, that burned and partially collapsed early Wednesday morning are out of town.

Pete Piringer, of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, says that investigators have accounted for the family at 12512 White Drive, in Colesville, just north of the Anacostia River, where a large fire started shortly before 4 a.m.

Firefighters saw heavy fire when they got to the single-family house, he says. Part of the roof has collapsed; two cars are in the garage.

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