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A fire brigade worker has been sacked for a slur on a pregnant woman whose car became stuck in a flooded road.
The disgraced employee was fired for his comment, posted on social media, after Sherry Doran and her young son became trapped in 1.2 metres of water in Essex.
Fire crews had to smash both the rear and passenger windows to rescue the trapped pair from the car in Buttsbury Wash, near Ingatestone.
But people started posting offensive comments about Ms Doran on Facebook and a worker with Essex County Fire and Rescue Service also shared an offensive message.
A spokesman for the fire service said the employee was an agency worker and not a firefighter.
Sherry Doran, who lives in Suffolk, told the BBC she did not know the area and people suggesting she would put her children in danger was "extremely hurtful".
She said: "Sadly, a small number of people have used social media reports as a platform to make unfair judgements and comments towards me.
"In response to them, the only thing I can say is I went through years of heartbreak and painful treatments to bring my child into this world and I would die before I let any harm come to him or the baby that I'm currently carrying."
A Essex fire service spokesman said: "We recently took immediate action against an agency worker who displayed behaviours against our service values.
"The use of derogatory language against members of our public is something we will not tolerate."
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