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Man found stuck in chimney after reported Silver Spring break-in [View all]
Local Crime & Public Safety
Man found stuck in chimney after reported Silver Spring break-in
Police found no one at first but returned when residents said they heard a voice and noises coming from behind a wall above a fireplace
By Spencer S. Hsu
Today at 12:20 p.m. EST
A man stuck in a chimney was extricated from a Silver Spring house where he does not reside Saturday morning and taken to a nearby hospital under police escort, Montgomery County officials said.
Police at first found no one when a possible break-in was reported at about 3 a.m. at a single-family home on Dameron Drive near Holy Cross Hospital in the Forest Glen neighborhood, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer said.
Police returned when residents said they still heard noises and voices, tracking the sounds to an area behind a wall over a fireplace, Piringer said.
Two dozen firefighters discovered an adult man in the chimney when they began responding just before 6 a.m., he said. Firefighters dismantled parts of the wall and chimney brick by brick and freed him after 90 minutes, using ladders, lights, shovels and other rescue equipment, photographs and video released by the department show. Bricks and debris were shown piled on the floor around the fireplace and outdoors on a snowy lawn.
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By Spencer Hsu
Spencer S. Hsu is an investigative reporter, two-time Pulitzer finalist and national Emmy Award nominee. Hsu has covered homeland security, immigration, Virginia politics and Congress. Twitter https://twitter.com/hsu_spencer
Man found stuck in chimney after reported Silver Spring break-in
Police found no one at first but returned when residents said they heard a voice and noises coming from behind a wall above a fireplace
By Spencer S. Hsu
Today at 12:20 p.m. EST
A man stuck in a chimney was extricated from a Silver Spring house where he does not reside Saturday morning and taken to a nearby hospital under police escort, Montgomery County officials said.
Police at first found no one when a possible break-in was reported at about 3 a.m. at a single-family home on Dameron Drive near Holy Cross Hospital in the Forest Glen neighborhood, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer said.
Police returned when residents said they still heard noises and voices, tracking the sounds to an area behind a wall over a fireplace, Piringer said.
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Two dozen firefighters discovered an adult man in the chimney when they began responding just before 6 a.m., he said. Firefighters dismantled parts of the wall and chimney brick by brick and freed him after 90 minutes, using ladders, lights, shovels and other rescue equipment, photographs and video released by the department show. Bricks and debris were shown piled on the floor around the fireplace and outdoors on a snowy lawn.
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By Spencer Hsu
Spencer S. Hsu is an investigative reporter, two-time Pulitzer finalist and national Emmy Award nominee. Hsu has covered homeland security, immigration, Virginia politics and Congress. Twitter https://twitter.com/hsu_spencer
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