Crime & Safety

4 Displaced As MoCo Kitchen Fire Causes $70K In Damage: MCFRS

Authorities say the accidental fire was traced to a burner that was left on.

A kitchen fire in Germantown led to a family's displacement and about $70,000 in damage.
A kitchen fire in Germantown led to a family's displacement and about $70,000 in damage. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service)

GERMANTOWN, MD — A family of four was displaced late Monday after a kitchen fire broke out in their Germantown townhome, authorities said.

Pete Piringer, of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, said in an X post that the fire was reported shortly after 8 p.m. on the 19000 block of Gallop Drive.

At the scene, investigators found two adults and two children, all of whom suffered no injuries during the incident.

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Piringer said the fire was accidental, noting investigators traced its origin to an air fryer that was left on the stovetop with a burner on.

Early estimates put the fire damage at about $70,000, according to Piringer.

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