[Scan-DC] MOCO BOX 2-9

Thu, 19 Jun 2003 12:14:48 -0400

Apparently there were already some units at 20 Ritchie, not sure what was 
going on there.

The fire at 8733 Carroll yesterday was the second since March 10 when the  
bldg was severly damaged by a fire started by an electrical short from the 
melt of the BIG SNOW.  Bldg was being renovated after that first fire - PIO 
recording (240/777-2442) sez that yesterday's fire was caused by an 
electrical short in a cable (I wonder if this was a pre-existing cable that 
was damaged in the first fire?)

Last night a Cessna 310 (2-engine 4 psgr) coming into Mtgy Co Airpark just 
before 10, hit a deer at ~80 knots as it was rolling out after landing.  Rt 
gear collapsed and the plane skittered off the runway - no one hurt (human, 
anyway!); deer was venison.  Or more like deerburger.  FD units were called 
to the scene and called hazmat units to pump out remaining fuel from the 
plane.  I went by there on the way home from work, after hearing the hazmat 
call on the scanner, as I live right down the street and it was on the way.  
Ch 7 remote unit pulled in right after me, then a dark blue F*rd van from 
another TV station (unmarked) and a white Crown Vic, possibly an 
interceptor, with a bunch of antennae and DC plates - probly another news 
org.

By the way, if anyone's old enuf to remember Sky King, he flew a 310 
("Songbird to Flying Crown, come in, Penny")

Then, about 10:30 or 11, there was something else going on out here 
(Gaithersburg) - I didn't have the police channel activated and was in the 
other room and couldn't hear the fire scanner well, so not sure what that 
was, but heard (the obvious sound of) an MSP helicopter over toward the main 
part of G'burg; then heard Trooper 8 call Syscom and say he was aborting due 
to a storm cell, and to notify Trooper 3 who was already in "the area" (not 
sure where/what "area").  But continued to hear one of them possibly 
hovering for some time - went outside but nothing visible.  Saw a MCP 
cruiser swung thru here right after that which is pretty (make that 
"extremely") unusual - generally we can't get 'em in here for anything short 
of somebody bleeding...

Anybody know what that last might have been about?

Whew.

That shoud bring everyone up to date!  :)

Regards to all,

Doug
ECMC

(Emergency Communications Monitoring Center)

:)

>From: David Lloyd <[email protected]>
>To: Scan DC <[email protected]>
>Subject: [Scan-DC] MOCO BOX 2-9
>Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:08:12 -0400
>
>BOX 2-9 sounding for house fire, 17 Ritchie Ave (Takoma Park)
>
>(This is the second box that TP has had in two days--two alarm fire
>yesterday on Carroll Ave)

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