Sunday, January 11, 2015

WATER PIPES BURST AT VACANT BUSINESSES IN TROTWOOD, OHIO. THE THAWED PIPES DISCHARGE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF WATER.



WATER PIPES BURST AT VACANT BUSINESSES IN TROTWOOD, OHIO.  THE THAWED PIPES DISCHARGE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF WATER.





TROTWOOD —OHIO

UPDATE @ 3 p.m.
Crews left the Super Subby’s scene and responded a few blocks away to a water flow alarm at the former Elder Beerman building.

A burst pipe occurred there and water was flowing into the building.
Firefighters were able to shut the water supply off and open valves on the side of the building to drain the flooded structure.

We caught up with a Trotwood fire official there. He said they often see burst pipes when there’s a significant change in temperature.  The pipes froze and broke but no water appears at that time because it is FROZEN.  When the temperatures rise, this is when we typically see the water gushing through the pipe.

Temps have been warming into the upper 20 and 30s through the day today, up from near zero wind chills and temps in the teens on Saturday.

FIRST REPORT
A burst pipe in a vacant storefront in Trotwood has forced the closure of at least one neighboring business.
Super Subby’s, 5527 Salem Ave., was damaged from water that flowed from a broken water pipe in the adjacent vacant store space.
CheckSmart on the other side also sustained some water damage, but was able to remain open.
A Subby’s representative was not available for comment.