TOMS RIVER – Three Toms River School District buses suffered extensive damage after a recent fire broke out in a transportation storage area on Industrial Way at 2:40 a.m.
Toms River Police Officer John Minor first responded to the fire after he observed smoke on the south side of Route 37 in the early morning hours of May 26. After finding several vehicles engulfed in flames, Toms River Fire Companies #1 and #2 were dispatched and the fire was extinguished.
School Superintendent David Healy worked overnight with the police department to make sure that no morning bus routes were impacted by the incident.
The cause of the fire was deemed accidental after an investigation by the Toms River Bureau of Fire Prevention Inspector Kevin Britton, Toms River Police Detective Mark Bajada, Ocean County Prosecutors Arson Detective John Doran and Ocean County Sheriffs C.I.U. Officer Jillian Menke.
