Smoke in the parking garage of the 8001 Woodmont apartments in downtown Bethesda drew a large response from Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service personnel, temporarily closing down Woodmont Avenue in the vicinity of St. Elmo Avenue shortly after 9:00 PM tonight. Firefighters eventually cleared the scene, but no further information about the incident has been released by MCFRS as of this writing, including whether there was a fire at all. It's also unclear why a ladder was extended to an upper floor of the building at one point.
A witness reported that a few minutes before the fire response began, a man in a small cleaning vehicle was working on the ramp of the garage. He reportedly drove the vehicle away after firefighters arrived at the scene. Was this a "dustbuster" truck that may have stirred up clouds in the garage that resembled smoke?
Scanner indicated crews investigated a nuisance haze in the garage briefly before clearing. 911 caller had reported all levels of the garage full of "smoke". Ladder up per local and national response protocols.
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ReplyDeleteThey prob raised the ladder to do some training with probie while the other crews cleared the “haze” reported
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