A retaining wall collapsed near Gaithersburg on Sunday, forcing evacuations and a road closure.
Quince Orchard Road between Darnestown Road and Pawnee Drive could be closed for several days. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
WTOP/Kathy Stewart
Officials say the ground under the wall is "very saturated" and "may still be shifting a bit." (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
WTOP/Kathy Stewart
No one sustained injuries when a retaining wall collapsed Sunday. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
WTOP/Kathy Stewart
"It may be several days as engineers and inspectors need to check it," Gaithersburg Police Department spokesman Dan Lane said in an email about the length of the road closure. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
WTOP/Kathy Stewart
A retaining wall collapsed near Gaithersburg on Sunday, forcing evacuations and a road closure. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
WTOP/Kathy Stewart
Quince Orchard Road is closed on Monday morning after a retaining wall collapsed Sunday. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
WTOP/Kathy Stewart
Quince Orchard Road between Darnestown Road and Pawnee Drive could be closed for several days, according to police. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
WTOP/Kathy Stewart
Three people have been evacuated from two town homes along Ridgepoint Place in the Kentlands area as a result of the wall collapse. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
WASHINGTON — A retaining wall collapsed near Gaithersburg on Sunday, forcing evacuations and a road closure.
Three people have been evacuated from two town homes along Ridgepoint Place in the Kentlands area, says Pete Piringer, spokesman for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue.
“The homes were very close to this particular wall,” Piringer says. “We did evacuate the homes as a precaution and have since called for the utilities to be shut off.”
No one was injured in the collapse.
Piringer says that the ground under the wall is “very saturated” and “may still be shifting a bit.” There have been problems with the retaining wall in the past, officials say.
The northbound lanes of Quince Orchard Road between Darnestown Road and Pawnee Drive could be closed for several days.
“It may be several days as engineers and inspectors need to check it,” Gaithersburg Police Department spokesman Dan Lane said in an email.
