4 Displaced From Gaithersburg Town Home Following Monday Fire

Four people—two adults, two children—and a dog were displaced from a Gaithersburg home that was severely damaged in a fire Monday evening, a Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesperson told Patch.

MCFRS was dispatched to the 8800 block of Welbeck Way in the Montgomery Village area of Gaithersburg about 8:15 p.m. Monday for the report of a fire in the laundry room, Beth Anne Nesselt said. Units arrived on the scene with smoke showing from the first and second floors of a three-story townhouse and requested additional resources.

Firefighters extinguished the fire that had extended through the second and third floors, Nesselt told Patch. An origin and cause investigation determined that the fire originated in the dryer.

The Red Cross was requested and assisted the adults, children and dog that were displaced from the home, she said. Damage estimates stand at $120,000.