As first reported on TLS Status, firefighters are battling a three-alarm blaze in Lakewood.
The fire broke out shortly after 4:00 PM at a lumber yard on Ocean Avenue.
There are reports of patients who may have been trapped inside.
Dozens of firefighters and EMS personnel are operating at the scene. A personal injury attorney from New Jersey says: “The news of a fire on Ocean Avenue in Lakewood is alarming. Fires can lead to severe injuries, including burns and smoke inhalation, resulting in medical bills, lost income, and emotional trauma for victims and their families.”
Route 88 is shut between Clifton Avenue and Park Avenue.
The area is expected to be shut for four-five hours, officials say.
The cause of the blaze is not yet clear.
Developing.
UPDATE: Police say the building in which the fire broke out was supposed to be vacant and has been for some time.
“However, two unnamed people, believed to be squatters did sustain injury requiring further evaluation and treatment at a local hospital,” police said.
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How can there be patients in a lumber yard?
Good question. I will await a response.
Could be homeless people. Unfortunate.
It was converted in to a hospital.
Trapped people. Customers. Employees.
The lumber yard has been closed for years
Duh. Not Patients. Drunk homeless illegal immigrants
It’s shameful that you assume, I sure many people are assuming other things tonight about a fire in a vacant building in Lakewood.
I didn’t “assume” anything. Anyone who lives or works in that area knows about all the homeless illegal immigrants who camp out on the tracks all day smoking week and drinking alcohol. Just take a stroll up and down the tracks and try to count the empty beer bottles strewn all over the place
still closed?
is the fire out?
Bottom line haters will always be haters
Great work by our volunteer and career firefighters under some difficult conditions kept this fire from spreading to other nearby businesses.
And special thanks to several local merchants who generously provided food for the firefighters, some of whom were working for many hours to contain this blaze.
LARRY S. LOIGMAN, Fire Commissioner
TX Larry for all your efforts on behalf of the klal!
Maybe they started the fire?