A fire at a three-story apartment complex in Glenmont caused $600,000 damage.
Sixteen adults and five children are without a home after a fire ripped through a three-story apartment complex on Glenmont Circle, near the 4th District Police Station.
(Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue/Pete Piringer)
Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue/Pete Piringer
It started around 11 p.m. Wednesday in the 2300 block of Glenmont Circle and continued into early Thursday morning.
(Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue/Pete Piringer)
Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue/Pete Piringer
The fire started on a couch outside and spread to a utility closet and then to the causeway for the air conditioning before going into the building.
(Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue/Pete Piringer)
Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue/Pete Piringer
In Montgomery County, Maryland, 16 adults and five children are without a home after a fire ripped through a three-story apartment complex in Glenmont.
It started around 11 p.m. Wednesday in the 2300 block of Glenmont Circle, near the 4th District Police Station, and continued into early Thursday morning.
The fire started on a couch outside and spread to a utility closet and then to the causeway for the air conditioning before going into the building.
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