Update - February 3, 2026, 6:50 AM: MCFRS spokesperson Pete Piringer says Washington Gas has located the gas leak in a valve box in the vicinity of Old Georgetown Road and St. Elmo Avenue. A Washington Gas crew has remained on the scene and is in the process of repairing the leak.
Update - 10:54 PM: Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Pete Piringer says the area being searched for the leak now includes Cordell and Del Ray Avenues near Old Georgetown Road. Piringer reports there are "high readings of gas in entire area outside; higher readings at utility manholes."
Update - 10:28 PM: Police have extended the closure of St. Elmo Avenue to Norfolk Avenue. Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department is among the agencies now on-scene.
A gas leak has forced the closure of a major intersection in downtown Bethesda. The four-way intersection of Arlington Road, Old Georgetown Road, St. Elmo Avenue, and Wilson Lane is currently closed due to what one Montgomery County police officer on the scene described as a "major gas leak." There is a noticeable odor of natural gas in the air. Police are directing traffic in the area, which should be avoided at this time.
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| Target truck rerouted onto Woodmont Avenue due to the gas leak road closures |
9 comments:
Any info on that big wreck on Arlington Rd today?
Nothing yet from MCPD.
I believe the Burtonsville piece is actually running as Rescue 741-B, B-CC’s second-out heavy rescue. Readers may have noticed our local rescue squad has recently been using a rotating assortment of rigs bearing the names, and paint schemes, of other departments —Laytonsville, Wheaton, and Burtonsville. This is a temporary arrangement, the equipment lent while BCC designs and has built and delivered a new, multi-million-dollar second squad of their own, to replace the 2002 unit they drove the wheels off of.
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Robert @ 8:37, thank goodness MCPD has their radio traffic encrypted. Otherwise, we might have a fair hope of learning what police-y things go on in our community without having to hope police deign to share some portion of information they deem we may be allowed to know.
Thanks 9:07, the things we take for granted!!!
Thanks for sharing this ~ scary stuff
As Rosanna Anna Dana said, if it's not one thing, it's another. Glad they got to it before it exploded.
Nellie Bligh couldn't have done any better reporting than this, thanks Robby D! @6:50amUpdate
There's a variety of Washington Gas vehicles on Cordell Ave as we speak, I guess they are still fixin' whatever they were fixin'. At least we didn't all blow up as a result from the leak.... Yet.
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