A hearth engine that price greater than a half million {dollars} doubtless was ruined in floodwater over the weekend, and the firefighter who drove it’s beneath investigation.
Firefighters on the engine had been making an attempt to rescue individuals from {a partially} submerged automobile at Washington Avenue and East-West Freeway in Silver Spring, Maryland, Saturday evening, in line with the Montgomery County Hearth and Rescue Service.
As floodwater surrounded the automobile, good Samaritans rushed to assist, pulling one particular person out of a passenger window whereas making an attempt to calm others contained in the automobile.
The firefighters drove into the deep water, sending water gushing up on to its windshield. Its wake appeared to rock the partially submerged automobile.
Everybody was safely faraway from the automobile, however the firefighters on the engine knew they weren’t going to have the ability to drive again out. The engine stalled, and the crew known as for a tow.
The engine probably is ruined, Hearth Chief Corey Smedley informed News4. As with all incidents with fireplace equipment, the firefighter driving the engine has been positioned on a non-driving standing however has not been positioned on administrative depart, and the incident is beneath evaluate.
Mechanics need to see if it may be salvaged, however Smedley stated that’s unlikely.
