MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — One person was hospitalized with serious injuries Saturday morning after a fire broke out at an assisted living facility in North Kensington, officials said.
According to Pete Piringer, a spokesperson for the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, crews responded shortly after 8:30 a.m. Saturday to the Woodridge Place assisted living facility on Woodridge Avenue.
There, firefighters found flames coming from the basement, with one woman unconscious.
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Piringer said crews quickly rescued the woman from the basement, and medics transported her to the hospital for treatment of life-threatening smoke inhalation and burn injuries.
Roughly 50 firefighters worked at the scene to extinguish the flames, with no other injuries reported…