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Firefighters battle Silver Spring house fire

By Colleen Kelleher
Andrea Cambron

Firefighters brought a massive house fire in Silver Spring, Maryland, under control Tuesday morning, but not before two firefighters fell through a floor battling it. A passerby called in the blaze in the 9600 block of Lorain Avenue near Burnett Avenue around 6 a.m.

The house was under renovation and unoccupied, according to tweets from Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer. Two firefighters fell through the a floor. One needed help from fellow firefighters to get out and was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. About 60 firefighters were called to the scene. There’s no word yet on the cause of the blaze.

Weekend Road and Rail: Fairfax Co. Parkway closing and Metro’s Blue Line shutdown ending

By Mary DePompa
This week overall was great weather for roadwork and that will continue into this weekend with scheduled closures of the Fairfax County Parkway and Interstate 66, new paving projects in Maryland and as the Interstate 295/DC-295 corridor project ramps up. Metro’s Blue Line shutdown is also coming to an end. Roadwork Virginia The ever-changing landscape of the Transform 66 Outside the Beltway project continues this week. Varying lane and ramp closures will be in effect.
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