Police shut down two Monmouth County gasoline stations on Friday that each received deliveries of jet fuel.
At least seven customers of the Delta station on Route 36 in Keyport reported damage to their vehicles, police Chief George Casaletto said.
Police in Manasquan, where the Route 71 Lukoil station also received the jet fuel, said Saturday afternoon they hadn’t received any damage reports yet.
Casaletto said there are no criminal charges for what he called “a mistaken delivery.” The gasoline station will be responsible for any damage, he said.
Casaletto wasn’t exactly sure what adding jet fuel to a car’s gas tank can do, though he could say there is no concern of a fire. People calling to report damage after receiving gasoline from the station said their vehicles had become disabled or just broke down, he said. Nothing like this has happened in his 30 years with the department, he said.
Keyport police received notice of the jet fuel situation from Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office at 6:52 p.m. Friday and officers immediately responded to the station to stop operations. It wasn’t clear how long the station supplied the jet fuel, how many gallons of the jet fuel were dispensed or from what fuel tank it came from.
The gas station will remain closed until Monday, Casaletto said.
“They have to pump out the tanks and jet fuel,” he said.
He wasn’t sure what company delivered the jet fuel or if it was the same company that delivered jet fuel to the Lukoil in Manasquan.
Manasquan police Sgt. Michael Stoia said the department also learned of the incident from the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office at 6:42 p.m. and shut down the Lukoil station immediately afterward. Stoia said he isn’t sure if any customers received jet fuel in their tanks before the station closed, but the department has not received any reports from customers.
Monmouth County’s hazardous materials team, Keyport Fire Department and the state’s Department of Environmental Protection, Weights and Measurements office and Service of Emergency Response Team were all notified of the incident, Casaletto said.
The state Service of Emergency Response Team is investigating the matter, he said.
Anyone who received a fuel delivery from the Delta station who is having car trouble should contact Keyport Police Department at 732-264-0706. Callers should keep their receipts and report the time they received the fuel.
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