45 Firefighters Battle Kitchen Blaze That Left 7 Displaced in Wheaton Woods
Seven people were inside a Wheaton, Maryland home when something in the kitchen started making a sound that most people would have ignored. A popping noise. Faint enough to dismiss, strange enough to act on.
They didn’t wait to find out what it was. They got everyone out.
What Happened in Wheaton Woods
Early Tuesday morning on September 29, 2026, a kitchen fire broke out at a single-family home on the 13100 block of Superior Street in the Wheaton Woods neighborhood of Montgomery County, Maryland.
Six adults and one child were inside. Everyone woke up hearing a “popping” noise coming from the kitchen. They evacuated before the fire spread. No one was hurt…