MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — Nine people were injured during a Germantown cookout after a deck collapsed at a townhome on Walnut Cove Circle on Sunday, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue.
Of those injured, six people were sent to a hospital in the area, one of whom had trauma injuries, according to Montgomery County officials.
All the injuries are non-life-threatening and the nine people injured were all adults, according to Montgomery County Fire & Rescue.
Officials are still investigating what happened, but MCFRS public information officer Pete Piringer said that overcrowding on the deck could have been a "likely" issue.
The building inspector for the townhome has been notified, according to Piringer.
No further information has been shared at this point.