GUANTANAMO BAY – A Naval Emergency Response Team is working to clean up the fitness center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, after the facility was evacuated because levels of Axe body spray reached lethally high levels.

Eight service members were taken to the base hospital in critical condition while 20 others escaped with only mild burns in an “X” pattern across their chests. Base officials said that the outbreak occurred after an abnormally high influx of third class petty officers.

“Normally, our sophisticated HVAC systems filter out all types of impurities associated with junior enlisted," said Cdr. Mike Green, GTMO's facilities manager. “Axe, Skoal residue, Monster vapor, you name it.”