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Silver Spring blast came after maintenance worker cut wrong pipe; ruled accidental 03/07/2022 04:55pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, officials say the Silver Spring apartment blast that injured 14 people last week came after a maintenance worker trying to unclog a drain cut a gas pipe instead of a waste pipe, and the incident will be classified as an accident. During a news conference Monday aftern Red Cross assists 100 affected by Silver Spring apartment explosion 03/06/2022 09:06pm • Work continued over the weekend to help about 100 people who lost their homes to an explosion in Silver Spring, Maryland, that happened Thursday. The Red Cross held an informational meeting Sunday, so affected residents of the Friendly Garden Apartments could learn about available resources and t About half rehoused after Silver Spring explosion 03/05/2022 08:01pm • Canine searches of the rubble turned up no indication of human remains after two different dogs had both zeroed in on the same spot the previous two days. (Courtesy Pete Piringer/Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service) Roughly half of the 200 residents displaced by Thursday's explosion that Silver Spring explosion: Investigators find cut gas line; search of rubble continues 03/04/2022 10:00pm • Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich (left) and Fire Chief Scott Goldstein address reporters the day after an explosion and fire at the Friendly Garden Apartments. (WTOP/Valerie Bonk) Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, said all residents of the Friendly Garden Apartments have been acco People unaccounted for, 10 hospitalized in Silver Spring apartment building fire, collapse 03/04/2022 02:38am • Ten people have been taken to hospitals, several people are still unaccounted for, and three buildings have been declared unsafe after an explosion, fire and building collapse in Montgomery County, Maryland, Thursday morning. Crews put up security fencing around the perimeter and crews will r 'Shook it like an earthquake:' Witnesses, residents describe Montgomery Co. apartment fire 03/03/2022 10:59pm • "I thought it was like a dream," Holly Tezera, 13, said, describing how she and her family got out after a fire ripped through their Montgomery County, Maryland, apartment building Thursday morning. Ten people have been taken to local hospitals, several others are still unaccounted for, and t How to help residents of Silver Spring apartment fire 03/03/2022 10:35pm • A partially melted child's toy is seen as firefighters work the scene after an explosion and fire caused an apartment building to collapse in Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, March, 3, 2022. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service reports that multiple people were critically hurt in the fire that st DC-area man in Ukraine: ‘Situation is getting a lot more dire’ 02/25/2022 05:25pm • In Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv, the explosions are becoming more frequent and the air raid sirens are going nonstop, according to George Sajewich of Silver Spring, Maryland. “It looks like the situation is getting a lot more dire,” Sajewich said. His wife lives in Ukraine and he still has Silver Spring apartment complex fire displaces dozens of residents 01/08/2022 01:04pm • A fire at the Flower Branch Apartments in Silver Spring, Maryland, left dozens of residents displaced Jan. 8, 2022. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue) A fire that broke out at a Silver Spring, Maryland, apartment complex early Saturday morning forced at least one resident to jump from DC Asian Pacific American Film Fest presents original musical at AFI Silver 07/14/2021 12:01am • Since 2000, the D.C. Asian Pacific American Film Festival has promoted diversity. "I've watched the industry," Festival Director Melissa Bisagni told WTOP. " we're not making films featuring diverse casts because there's not enough people to buy tickets, but the reports show it has nothing t Hearing will address equipment that caused deadly Silver Spring apartment explosion 01/25/2021 10:27pm • Making adjustments to a commonly used piece of equipment that led to a fatal gas explosion in Montgomery County, Maryland, is easier said than done. And an upcoming hearing on proposed legislation Tuesday may help advance the effort. The National Transportation and Safety board concluded that Housing, budget, more: What awaits Montgomery Co. Council after recess 01/02/2021 08:50pm • (EDITOR'S NOTE: The article has been updated to reflect a clearer explanation on the "Removal of Mercury Service Regulators" bill.)  The Montgomery County Council in Maryland is in recess until Jan. 12. When the nine members return, several pieces of legislation will focus on housing, public saf Washington Gas fined $750K in case connected to 2016 Silver Spring apartment explosion 12/21/2020 09:27pm • Maryland's utility watchdogs ruled that Washington Gas Light should be fined $750,000 in a case tied to the utility's failure to file annual reports on its stated plan to replace mercury service regulators. In its order posted Dec. 18, the Public Service Commission said that it decided against is 2 bills in Montgomery Co. aim to make apartments safer for residents 12/07/2020 05:20pm • Newly elected Montgomery County Council President Tom Hucker said in a briefing Monday morning two bills he's introducing would make apartments in the county safer for residents. The two measures would require landlords to install window guards to prevent young children from falling out of window 1 dead in Silver Spring house fire 11/21/2020 07:38am • Firefighters found one person dead while responding to a house fire in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Friday night. The flames began just before 9:30 p.m. in the 10000 block of Lorain Avenue in Silver Spring, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesman Pete Piringer. Whil