2 People Injured in Montgomery County House Fire
When I first read about the fire on Shelldrake Court, what stood out to me wasn’t just the smoke or the damage — it was the instinct of the two adults inside. They didn’t run. They tried to fight the flames themselves. And that decision sent both of them to the hospital.
Just before noon on Sunday, Montgomery County Fire and EMS crews rushed to the home after multiple reports of a fire. When they arrived, smoke was already pushing out of the house. Inside were four family members — two adults and two children — trying to make sense of a fire that had erupted in a second-floor bedroom.
Officials later confirmed the cause: a small flame placed too close to combustible material. A tiny spark, the kind anyone might ignore for a moment, turned into a dangerous situation…