2-Alarm Fire Causes Residents To Evacuate Rockville Apartments

ROCKVILLE, MD — An apartment complex in Rockville was evacuated after a fire broke out Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

The 2-alarm fire broke out in the walls of the fourth and fifth floors of Grosvenor Park at 10500 Rockville Pike.

No injuries were reported, Montgomery County Fire & Rescue spokesperson Pete Piringer said.

Piringer said the tentative cause was plumbers working on pipes.

The building is mostly reoccupied as of Tuesday afternoon.

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Photos via Pete Piringer