Two children suffered 'burn like injuries' after playing at a Massachusetts playground that had been doused in acid, fire officials say.
Two children suffered"burn like injuries" after having played at a Massachusetts playground that had been doused in acid, fire officials said.
Police and fire officials were called to Bliss Park in Longmeadow on Sunday morning for a report of “a suspicious substance” on the playground equipment, the fire department said in aAt the same time, fire officials were sent to a home for a report of two children with injuries after they left the park.
The fire department determined that acidic material “had been poured on three of the slides on the playground,” the release said. Officials learned that the pump room in the basement of the park's pool building had been broken into. The perpetrators had climbed two fences and entered the pool building through a ventilation shaft, which was found with its cover torn off, officials said.A hazmat team determined that muriatic acid was the chemical that was poured on the slides. Muriatic acid, which is used to clean and disinfect pools, can cause severe chemical burns, according to the
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