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Sprinkler pipe bursts at SpringHill Suites hotel in Frazer; water reaches rooms on 5 floors
Mike Werries | For the Tribune-Review
Firefighters were called to pump out rooms on the fifth floor of the SpringHill Suites hotel in the Pittsburgh Mills shopping complex on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, after the sprinkler system went off. A frozen pipe caused the flooding, authorities said.
A frozen sprinkler pipe that burst at the SpringHill Suites hotel in Frazer caused flooding in rooms on all five floors of the hotel Saturday morning.
“It blew the sprinkler head off,” said Chief Dave Gould with Frazer Volunteer Fire Department No. 2. “(The) sprinkler head went through the wall.
“And there was so much water, it came down to the first floor.”
The accident started around 10:30 a.m., and it took crews until about 12:30 p.m. to clean the water and salvage the rooms.
Crews from six fire companies responded to the call at the hotel, which is in the Pittsburgh Mills mall shopping complex.
“We had to poke holes in the floor (and) in the ceilings to run the water down to the first floor,” Gould said.
He said no one was hurt in the incident, but the man staying in the room with the burst pipe was getting married this weekend and his tuxedo was ruined.
He said the man had to go to the mall to get a new tux for the wedding.
Two hotel managers who declined to give their name said the hotel had no immediate comment.
Emily Balser is a Tribune-Review staff writer. Reach her at 724-226-4680, emilybalser@tribweb.com or via Twitter @emilybalser.
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