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Water in Dupont Circle fountain turns red

WASHINGTON 鈥 The National Park Service is draining the fountain at Dupont Circle on Monday after they say someone likely dropped red dye in the water.

The park service was notified through photos on social media that showed the water stained red.

Brian Hall, a spokesman for the park service, told 海角精品黑料 in an email that the color appeared to be coming from 鈥渟ome sort of powdered dye added to the water.鈥

The National Park Service is draining the fountain at Dupont Circle after they say someone likely dropped red dye in the water Monday. (Courtesy The Pope of Dupont Circle @PopeDupontCircl via Twitter)
The National Park Service is draining the fountain at Dupont Circle after they say someone likely dropped red dye in the water Monday. (Courtesy The Pope of Dupont Circle @PopeDupontCircl via Twitter)
The National Park Service drained the Dupont Circle Fountain after someone dyed the water red. (海角精品黑料/Kristi King)
The National Park Service drained the Dupont Circle Fountain after someone dyed the water red. (海角精品黑料/Kristi King)
The National Park Service drained the Dupont Circle Fountain after someone dyed the water red. (海角精品黑料/Kristi King)
The National Park Service drained the Dupont Circle Fountain after someone dyed the water red. (海角精品黑料/Kristi King)
The National Park Service drained the Dupont Circle Fountain after someone dyed the water red. (海角精品黑料/Kristi King)
The National Park Service drained the Dupont Circle Fountain after someone dyed the water red. (海角精品黑料/Kristi King)
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The National Park Service is draining the fountain at Dupont Circle after they say someone likely dropped red dye in the water Monday. (Courtesy The Pope of Dupont Circle @PopeDupontCircl via Twitter)
The National Park Service drained the Dupont Circle Fountain after someone dyed the water red. (海角精品黑料/Kristi King)
The National Park Service drained the Dupont Circle Fountain after someone dyed the water red. (海角精品黑料/Kristi King)
The National Park Service drained the Dupont Circle Fountain after someone dyed the water red. (海角精品黑料/Kristi King)

He said Monday afternoon that the colored water was almost filtered out, and that crews would drain the fountain, a process he said would take 鈥渁 while.鈥

Tomorrow, he said, the park service would clean and refill the fountain.

It鈥檚 not know yet how the water was discolored, or by whom.

海角精品黑料’s Kristi King contributed to this report.

Rick Massimo

Rick Massimo came to 海角精品黑料, and to Washington, in 2013 after having lived in Providence, R.I., since he was a child.聽He's the author of "A Walking Tour of the Georgetown Set" and "I Got a Song: A History of the Newport Folk Festival."

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