WASHINGTON – A firefighter is hurt after battling a large house fire along with freezing temperatures in Derwood, Maryland near the Shady Grove Metro stop.
Crews were called to the two-story house on Yellowstone Way Friday night where they had to deal with several frozen fire hydrants, snow, ice and of record-breaking frigid temperatures.
Montgomery County fire investigators say the fire started in a planter outside with discarded smoking materials. The damage is estimated as $600,000.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer says the firefighter’s injuries are not life-threatening and no one was home at the time of the fire.
More….another view 7700 blk Yellowstone Way, Derwood, about 1 block to the rear pic.twitter.com/vgzF1c4Qhq — Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) February 21, 2015
More…7700blk Yellowstone Way, Derwwod, residents were not home at time of fire. 1 family displaced, 1 FF injury NLT pic.twitter.com/66LDYqZ4jV — Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) February 21, 2015