Fire officials are investigating a contentious run-in between Washington, D.C., and Maryland firefighters during a call over the weekend.
Crews from D.C. Fire & EMS and the Bladensburg Volunteer Fire Department responded to a two-vehicle accident along Interstate 295, WTTG-TV reports. One of the vehicles had caught fire in the crash and was engulfed in flames by the time firefighters arrived.
When D.C. firefighters reached the scene, they unintentionally parked an apparatus on a Bladensburg hose line. That angered a Bladensburg firefighter, who then engaged in an expletive-peppered exchange with the driver of the apparatus. The argument was captured on video at the scene.
"Our core values speak to safety and accountability," Acting D.C. Fire Chief John A. Donnelly said in a joint press statement, according to WTTG. "The D.C. Fire and EMS Department's review will identify what happened and determine what actions need to be taken if those core values were not upheld."
Firefighters eventually extinguished the burning vehicle, and one person was taken to hospital.
