Nursing Home Evacuated After Sewage Backup

All of the residents at a Locust Street nursing home were evacuated on Sunday evening after a sewage backup.

Nearly 100 residents of a Locust Street nursing home were evacuated on Sunday evening after a sewage backup could not be fixed. It all started at about 12:30 p.m. on Sunday when sewage backed up into Twin Oaks Care and Rehabilitation Center and left about an inch of water on the first floor. Crews worked for most of the afternoon to free the blockage, but after using a private company as well as the Department of Public Works' vacuum truck, the backup remained. "We were unsuccessful in all attempts," said Danvers Fire Chief Kevin Farrell. At 5 p.m. the decision was made to evacuate the facility since there was no working sanitary sewer facilities in the building. All 94 residents were moved to other, similar facilities, including Radius …

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