MARCH 20, 2015
BAYVILLE, NEW JERSEY
Patients at the Crystal Lake Healthcare and Rehabilitation
Center in Ocean County were evacuated Thursday night due to a fuel spill. The address is 395 Lakeside Blvd, Bayville,
NJ 08721.
Officials say hazmat crews were called to the Bayville
facility after reports of diesel fuel spilled from a backup generator. Dozens of emergency vehicles parked around
the nursing home Thursday night, responders moved empty stretchers near a sign
that said "transport area."
Firetrucks and even buses were at Crystal Lakes Friday
morning. An officer who did not give her name said more people are being
evacuated from the nursing home.
Approximately 250 patients were evacuated by wheelchair
accessible buses to safe locations in both Monmouth and Ocean counties.