Hilton hotel in Woodcliff Lake evacuated after pipe bursts

WOODCLIFF LAKE, New Jersey (WABC) — Tons of of friends needed to be faraway from a resort in New Jersey on Christmas Eve after a pipe burst.

All 800 individuals staying on the Hilton at Woodcliff Lake have been compelled to depart Saturday evening when a pipe burst, seemingly from the chilly climate.

Lots of the resort friends got here from throughout the area for an annual Hanukah celebration.

“We have been planning on having a enjoyable evening tonight after which proper in direction of the top of Shabbos we heard the sirens go off,” partygoer Shlomo Garfinkle stated.

Fireplace officers stated the water leak got here from the fourth ground.

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“There was a leak on the fourth ground from the ceiling, water from the home water line and cascaded all the way in which down,” stated John Whelan of the Woodcliff Lake Fireplace Division.

Authorities stated that nobody was ever in any hazard however the sprinkler system is now damaged so the resort needed to be evacuated.

“The fireplace alarm went off and everybody was evacuated safely, the whole lot was orderly, everybody was calm,” partygoer Aaron Weinberger stated.

The gathering was alleged to final by way of Sunday, however the majority of the individuals simply went again to their properties as a substitute.

“It occurred at, not a horrible time, as a result of not less than we have been capable of end Shabbos, it occurred in direction of the top of the Shabbos, so we misplaced out the live performance tonight, however we nonetheless bought the Shabbos in,” Garfinkle stated.

“All the things was underneath management, everybody was protected thank god for that and we’re all good,” Weinberger stated.

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