Several people have been evacuated following a fire in a Montgomery County apartment building.

Firefighters extinguish a blaze on the second floor of a Montgomery County apartment building on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Some 65 firefighters put out a fire at a Silver Spring, Maryland, apartment on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Several people are displaced following a fire in a Montgomery County, Maryland, apartment building on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue ( 1 /3) Share This Gallery: Share on Facebook. Share on Twitter. Share via email. Print.

WASHINGTON — Dozens of people were evacuated from their homes during a fire in a Montgomery County apartment building late Friday, triggered by a malfunctioning microwave.

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer said a fire started around 10 p.m. in a three-story building on the 700 block of Northampton Drive, just off New Hampshire Avenue, in Silver Spring, Maryland.

The blaze, which spread out from a kitchen on the building’s second floor, ultimately caused an estimated $85,000 in damage and displaced 26 people — over half of them, children — across 6 apartment units. The blame, Piringer tweeted on Saturday morning, was pinned on a faulty microwave.

There were no reported injuries.