Firefighters responded to flames at the former Villain & Saint music venue and restaurant. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service/Pete Piringer) A fire in Montgomery County, Maryland, shut down all lanes of Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda for multiple hours Friday night. The fire started at around 9:30 p.m. in the back of a commercial building near Willow Lane, a spokesman for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service said. Firefighters have extinguished the blaze. NBC Washington reported that the building was at the former Villain & Saint music venue and restaurant, which closed in 2019.
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The fire was next door to the Bethesda Farm Women’s Market, but there are no reports of damage to its building. All lanes were reopened to traffic after midnight. Below is the area where it happened. [google_map latitude=”38.98089457593944″ longitude=”-77.09206965442692″ zoom=”15″ height=”300px” location_label=”Villain & Saint” dynamic_map=”false”]
Bat and skunk test positive for rabies in Charles Co., following 2 rabid beaver attacks
Two animals in Charles County, Maryland, have tested positive for rabies, according to the county's health department.
A bat and a skunk were both found to have the disease and the health department is warning area residents to keep an eye out and avoid contact with unknown animals and wildlife.
The bat was discovered in Waldorf and the skunk was found in Port Tobacco. Both animals tested positive for rabies on Friday.
This comes after three attacks within a month by beavers at Maryland state parks. Two beavers that bit people at Cunningham Falls State Park tested positive for rabies. A beaver that attacked a 10-year-old girl at Seneca Creek State Park was not found but was presumed rabid.
