Burst Pipe in an empty building Releases Water
that forces evacuation of Sioux City, IA theater
Posted: Jan 02, 2015 8:25 AM EST Updated: Jan 02,
2015 8:25 AM EST
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - People inside a downtown Sioux
City movie theater had an unexpected intermission when a burst pipe sent water
into a theater stairwell.
The alarms sounded about 1:40 p.m. Thursday at Promenade
Cinema 14, forcing the patrons outside and the films to stop. Manager Scott
Rhoads says a pipe burst in a fire sprinkler system in a vacant retail unit
adjacent to the theater. The water poured out and into the stairwell.
Firefighters employed pumping and vacuuming equipment to suck up the water
from the concrete floor, and the movies resumed later in the afternoon.
Rhoads says patrons received a pass to come back another
time or returned to their theaters to resume watching from the points at which
the movies were interrupted.