Two children suffered what were described as 'burn-like injuries' after playing on the slides.
LONGMEADOW, Mass. --
Police and firefighters responded to Bliss Park in Longmeadow on Sunday morning for a report of a suspicious substance on the playground equipment, the fire department posted on social media. Authorities determined that someone broke into a storage room where chemicals are kept at the park's swimming pool and stole some muriatic acid. The acid, which can be used for cleaning or for maintaining a pool's pH balance, was then poured on three slides, authorities said.No one has been charged, but authorities said the suspect or suspects may have also been injured.
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