Dozens of people who live in a Bethesda, Maryland, high-rise apartment building remain without a place to live Friday morning following an accidental electrical fire that caused $800,000 in damage Thursday afternoon. About a 1,000 people and their pets were evacuated from the 400-unit Grosvenor House around 12:30 p.m.
Montgomery County Fire spokesman Pete Piringer said flames began in an electrical closet on the 9th floor of the North tower, causing heavy smoke on multiple floors.
More — Grovesnor House; Floors 8,9 & 10 of north wing are unihabitable (residents from ~30 apartments displaced); Damage ~$800K, incl $750K structure & $50K contents; Cause, accidental, most probably unknown malfunction/failure (arc) within electric busway https://t.co/yI719fP9vX pic.twitter.com/xnOqwy77s3
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) August 25, 2022
No injuries were reported as residents in about 30 apartments on the eighth, ninth and 10 floors were displaced. According to Piringer, the units on those floors are uninhabitable. Below is the map of location of Grosvenor House in Rockville. [google_map latitude=”39.02339376734299″ longitude=”-77.10460309998484″ zoom=”13″ height=”300px” location_label=”Grosvenor House Apartments” dynamic_map=”false”] WTOP’s Matt Small contributed to this report.