Two children suffered “burn-like injuries” after playing 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 on a report of “a suspicious substance” on the playground equipment, the fire department said in aAt that same time, fire officials were dispatched to a home on a report of two children with injuries after leaving the park.
In the investigation, officials learned that the pump room in the basement of the park’s pool building had been broken into. “We suspect that the perpetrators may have suffered acid burns to their hands or arms and their clothing may have indications of being degraded from contact with the acid,” the fire department said.The Massachusetts State Police crime lab gathered items of evidence and sent it for forensic analysis and fingerprinting.
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