MANNY FANTIS
WUSA9
Reprinted with Permission
BELTSVILLE, Md. (
WUSA) - Montgomery County firefighters survived a close call, when a roof collapsed while they were battling a blaze in Beltsville Monday morning.
It happened at the 4100 block of Ulster
Road. Firefighters arrived to a burning 2-story, single family home at around 10 a.m., officials said.
Heavy flames and smoke were coming out of the home, when they were heading in to fight the fire, officials said.
That's when part of the roof fell into the burning home. The firefighters had to be evacuated and fight the fire from the outside, officials said.
The cause of the fire will be under investigation and fire loss is still being estimated. No injuries have been reported at this point, officials said.