🌱 How 85 firefighters tackled an Aspen Hill blaze in 20-degree cold

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• How 85 firefighters tackled an Aspen Hill blaze in 20-degree cold

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Partly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 37 and low of 24 degrees.
• Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 46, low: 26.
• Thursday: An afternoon shower in spots, with a high of 50 and low of 41 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Montgomery County firefighters battle Aspen Hill house fire in frigid temps (wjla.com) — A major deck fire badly damaged a single-family home in the Wheaton Woods–Aspen Hill area Monday afternoon, displacing the residents but causing no injuries. About 85 Montgomery County firefighters battled heavy flames and lingering hotspots in roughly 20-degree weather along Beaver Terrace near Burlwood Drive, deploying extra crews and equipment to bring the blaze under control.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Family Storytime at Noyes
  Noyes Library for Young Children (Kensington) , 10237 Carroll Pl , Kensington
  9:30 am
• Family Market
  Fairland Cafeteria
  4:30 pm
• Winter Band Concert at RMHS
  Richard Montgomery High School
  6:30 pm
• Winter Instrumental Concert
  James Hubert Blake High School Silver Spring, MD 20905
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• RMS Open House
  Redland Middle School Derwood, MD 20855
  8:00 am
• Family Storytime - In-person
  Kensington Park Library , 4201 Knowles Ave , Kensington
  10:30 am
• Basketball - Boys JV Wootton at Walter Johnson 5:30 pm
  Walter Johnson High School Bethesda, MD 20814
  5:30 pm
• Intro to Drawing
  The Compass Atelier , 10335 Kensington Pkwy , Kensington
  5:30 pm
• Basketball - Girls JV Walter Johnson at Wootton 5:30 pm
  Walter Johnson High School Bethesda, MD 20814
  5:30 pm
• Bob Butta — cured | 18th & 21st
  Cured 18th & 21st , 10980 Grantchester Wy #110 , Columbia
  6:00 pm
• Winter Choral Concert at RMHS
  Richard Montgomery High School
  6:30 pm
• Basketball - Girls Varsity Walter Johnson at Wootton 7:15 pm
  Walter Johnson High School Bethesda, MD 20814
  7:15 pm

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