More than 74 residents
displaced following 3-Alarm Fire in Burtonsville
Rockville - - - Shortly after 7:00 this morning, Montgomery County Fire
and Rescue units responded to the report of a fire at the Ashford at Woodlake
Apartments located at 14005 Castle Boulevard in Burtonsville. Upon arrival,
firefighters encountered heavy smoke and fire conditions to the rear of the
structure and a report of residents trapped. First arriving firefighters, along
with officers from the Montgomery County Police Department and Sheriff’s
Office, assisted in the dramatic rescues of seventeen trapped occupants in the
initial stages of the fire.
Firefighters quickly made an interior attack and conducted a primary search of
the garden-style apartment complex. A second alarm was dispatched as
firefighters continued to fight the growing fire. A precautionary third alarm
was ultimately dispatched to the scene before the blaze was under control. Over
100 firefighters responded to the scene including personnel from neighboring
Howard and
Prince George’s
County.
Fire Department personnel
evaluated a number of residents on the scene. No residents required transport
and there were no reported firefighter injuries. The American Red Cross is
currently working with apartment management representatives from the Donaldson
Group to assist displaced residents. Montgomery County Fire and Explosive
investigators are on the scene conducting an origin and cause investigation.
Investigators will be ruling the fire as accidental in nature and believe to
have been sparked by an electrical malfunction in a first floor unit. Damage
estimates are $1.5 million.
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