Crime & Safety

Firefighters Put Out Electrical Fire in Greenway Shopping Center

There were no injuries and damages were estimated to be about $500.

Firefighters extinguished an electrical fire in a vacant store in the Greemway Shopping Center Monday afternoon.

The fire at 7499 Greenbelt Rd. began around 1:30 p.m. in an electrical panel in a vacant store while contractors were working inside, according to Mark Brady, Prince George's County Fire/EMS chief spokesman. 

The store was a dental office next to Dress Barn, according to Tarina Windear, Dress Barn assistant manager.

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Firefighters used an extinguisher to put the fire out and no one was injured, Brady said. The damage estimate was around $500, and the fire department turned the scene over to Pepco, Brady said. 


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