Poolesville Playground Fire: Child Charged With Arson, Authorities Say

Germantown MD

06 June, 2022

12:11 PM

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POOLESVILLE, MD — A child was charged with arson in connection to a fire at a Poolesville playground that is estimated to have caused about $75k in damage, a Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesperson said. The child was released to their parents and no one was injured in the fire, said spokesperson Pete Piringer. Piringer said there was a paper bag and sandwich container set on fire below the playground equipment, which caught the rubber mulch on fire.