Car Gets Soaked After Parking in Front of Fire Hydrant in Farmingdale

Image via East Farmingdale Fire Department Facebook page

A driver in Farmingdale illegally parked in front of a fire hydrant and the car got unexpectedly wet Tuesday night.

The East Farmingdale Fire Department went to Facebook to remind residents to not park in front of fire hydrants.

The New York State driving manual forbids people from parking, stopping or standing within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, unless there is a licensed driver staying in the car to move it in the event of an emergency.

EFFD told residents to not be like this driver. “We were fortunate enough to not have to use the hydrant, but should we had to, this illegally parked car would have delayed us having positive water to our engine and on the possible fire,” the Fire Department wrote on their Facebook page.

A Facebook user wrote, “Hope his window was open.”