GERMANTOWN, Md. (AP) — Six people were taken to a hospital after town house deck collapsed in Maryland.
WTOP-FM reports that it happened when the deck separated from a home in The Woods at North Lake community in Germantown around 9 p.m. Sunday.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer says nine people were barbecuing on the deck when it collapsed.
Six of those people were transported to the hospital, including one who was taken to a trauma center. All are expected to survive.
Piringer called the event a “mass casualty incident.” He says a building inspector and fire code enforcement agent were called to the scene.
Piringer says the deck likely collapsed because of overcrowding.
Update (~9p) residential deck collapse Walnut Grove Circle, Germantown, MOR TH, @MCFRS_EMIHS Evaluating nine (9) patients, six (6) adults transported including 1 Pri2 trauma, all injuries were NLT, deck likely overcrowded, building inspector notified https://t.co/eFHshJ3jLv pic.twitter.com/oae0ZcacMP
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) June 28, 2021