Fire and Explosive Investigators Have a Busy Week
Two buildings are a total loss after separate fires
Two buildings are a total loss after separate fires
Montgomery County, MD - - - Fire and Explosive Investigators returned to
the scene of Wednesday night’s large fire in Germantown yesterday to continue
their investigation into
what possibly sparked the fire. Firefighters were dispatched shortly after 7:30
p.m. to
17001 Germantown Road on February 20th for the report of a fire. Units
arrived on the scene
and reported a large commercial warehouse building fully engulfed in flames and
requested additional resources. At the height of operations, over 75
firefighters battled the blaze. The warehouse was considered a total loss and belongs
to High Point Catering.
Units remained on the scene for several hours Wednesday night and preliminary damage estimates were $500,000. There is no indication of anything suspicious and investigators listed the cause of the fire as undetermined earlier today.
In a separate fire on Thursday, February 21st, firefighters were dispatched shortly after
There were no injuries reported in either fire.
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