Firefighters Revive Dog With Oxygen at Burning Townhome

MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, MD — Firefighters used oxygen to revive a family dog overcome by smoke during a townhouse fire in Montgomery Village Thursday afternoon.

The blaze was reported at 2:23 p.m. in the 7800 block of Yankee Harbor Drive. Units from Laytonville Fire Station 17 responded and reported fire showing from the front bedroom of a middle of the row, three-story townhouse, according to the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services blog.

None of the six adults who live in the townhouse were home at the time.

Smoke alarms sounding from inside the townhouse alerted a passerby who called 911.

Firefighters extinguished a fire in one of the bedrooms. A residential fire sprinkler in the hallway activated and kept the fire in check prior to fire department arrival, but a sprinkler in the bedroom malfunctioned, the department said.

A dog that was in the home was rescued by firefighters, who treated the pet with oxygen.

Fire investigators say the fire was accidental.

Damages were estimated at $150,000 to the structure and $20,000 to the contents.

There were no injuries to civilians or firefighters. A total of six adults and one dog have been displaced as a result of the fire.

»Photos of dog being cared for by Laytonville firefighters, and fire scene, courtesy of Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services