Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded at approximately 5:20pm on Sunday to the 3900 block of Bryant Park Circle in Burtonsville for a townhouse fire.
According to Chief Spokesperson for MCFRS Pete Piringer, the fire originated on an exterior rear deck and was determined to be accidental. Investigators found burn patterns consistent with a hookah smoking pipe that had been used earlier, which may have fallen over or had hot embers scattered by wind, igniting the deck…