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May 1, 2021
Photo from Pete Piringer via Twitter
A fire that broke out early Friday morning at a home in Potomac displaced two adults and three children, according to a Montgomery County Fire & Rescue spokesman.
An electrical problem in a conduit on the side of a house in the 8600 block of Bunnell Drive started the fire around 5:15 a.m. on Friday, Fire & Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer posted on Twitter. The fire started on the outside of the home and spread inside.
The five people who were forced to evacuate the home were not injured, Piringer wrote. The fire caused $140,000 in damage.
A man identified by Jacksonville police as armed and dangerous following a predawn shooting Saturday was arrested a few hours after a man was gunned down during a domestic dispute.
George Kenneth Litgen, 50, is charged with attempted first-degree murder. He is accused of shooting a relative about 3:20 a.m. in the 3900 block of Bunnell Drive in the Windy Hills neighborhood, according to the Sheriff s Office.
Litgen also is charged with possession of a weapon or ammunition by a felon and shooting or throwing a deadly missile into an occupied dwelling, Sheriff s Office inmate records showed.
He was being held without bail at the Duval County jail, the records showed