Evacuations follow outbreak of fire in Silver Spring apartment house
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Version 0 of 1. Dozens of people were evacuated Saturday night after fire broke out in an apartment house near downtown Silver Spring, authorities said. The fire broke out in a seven story building in the Summit Hills development in the 1700 block of East West Highway, said county fire and rescue spokesman Pete Piringer. The site is just west of 16th Street and a short distance north of the boundary with the District. Although many people were evacuated, the number of families displaced was put at three, Piringer said. The blaze was contained in the seventh floor apartment where it apparently broke out, he said. He said the fire resulted in more than $125,000 in damage. The cause was under investigation. |