CHESTNUT LODGE FIRE - Information Needed!

Fire Chief Richard Bowers is asking for your help! Tonight members of our department will be out in the Rockville area handing out flyer's, and speaking with community members, seeking information related to the fire at the historic Chestnut Lodge in Rockville. An example of the flyer is below. If you have any information that you feel might be helpful, please follow the instructions below. All tips are anonymous.

CHESTNUT LODGE FIRE

FIRE INVESTIGATORS ARE SEEKING INFORMATION RELATED TO A FIRE WHICH OCCURRED EARLY ON SUNDAY, JUNE 7 AT THE HISTORIC CHESTNUT LODGE IN ROCKVILLE.

INVESTIGATORS NEED ASSISTANCE IN IDENTIFYING A GROUP OF YOUNG ADULTS OR TEENAGERS OBSERVED IN THE AREA OF THE 500 W.MONTGOMERY AVENUE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND/OR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION TO THE IDENTITIES OF THESE INDIVIDUALS OR ABOUT THIS FIRE PLEASE CONTACT THE ARSON TIP LINE @240.777.2263

ALL INFORMATION IS ANONYMOUS.

Users can enter anonymous web tips at: http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/poltmpl.asp?url=/content/pol/index.asp

County Executive Isiah Leggett expressed his concern about the recent fire at historic Chestnut Lodge, 500 West Montgomery Avenue in Rockville. Looking on (from left to right) are Battalion Chief Kenneth Korenblatt (Fire Investigation), Fire Chief Richard Bowers, Rockville Mayor Susan Hoffmann, Rockville Volunteer Chief Russell Dawson, Leggett, Sen. Jennie Forehand of Rockville, and Rockville City Councilmembers Anne Robbins and Phyllis Marcuccio. Initially known as the Woodlawn Hotel in the late 1800s, Chestnut Lodge became a private sanitarium in 1910. It was later the setting of a 1964 Columbia Pictures film, “Lilith,” starring Warren Beatty and Jean Seberg.