Crime & Safety
Red Cross Bloodmobile Catches Fire in Bethesda
The truck caught fire Sunday night near River Road and Wilson Lane.
A Red Cross truck transporting blood caught fire in Bethesda Sunday evening, according to Mongomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Assistant Chief Scott Graham.
The incident happened around 7 p.m. near the intersection of River Road and Wilson Lane.
The fire started underneath the vehicle and was extinguished quickly, Graham said. It wasn't clear how it started.
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Montgomery County Fire and Rescue stayed on the scene to help Red Cross transport the contents of the truck into another vehicle, Graham said.
A spokesman for the regional Red Cross blood supply couldn't be immediately reached.
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