2-Alarm Fire Torches Karma Academy
MCFRS: Cause of fire under investigation; no injuries reported
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Firefighters were dispatched at around 4:45 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 21 to 175 Watts Branch Parkway, the site Karma Academy treatment facility for boys. The facility has been closed since 2010.
Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service
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Firefighters are investigating what sparked a two-alarm fire that broke out at a vacant facility in Rockville early Thursday.
Asst. Chief Scott Graham said firefighters were dispatched at around 4:45 a.m. to 175 Watts Branch Parkway, the site Karma Academy treatment facility for boys. The facility has been closed since 2010.
The fire was extinguished by 7 a.m., according to Graham.
No one was injured in the blaze.
Graham said the damage was still being assessed and the cause of the fire had not yet been determined.
