A string of actions within a single week by Montgomery County Fire and Rescue staff members are under review by the agency.

On July 18, MCFRS apologized after a “water discharge” from a Silver Spring fire station soaked a nearby community baseball field, forcing the cancellation of a game.

In a social media post the day before, the Silver Spring-Takoma Park Thunderbolts baseball team said “gallons of water were sprayed over the fence from the fire department after a ball hit a pickup truck parked by the station.”

On Saturday, July 19, a firetruck had to be towed from floodwaters in Silver Spring after being driven into the flooded roadway.

On Monday, July 21, the MCFRS posted that it was launching an investigation into an “inappropriate comment” made on a Montgomery County Police De

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