PIPE BURSTS AT
FOSTER DRIVE, WILLIMANTIC, CONNECTICUT APARTMENT AFTER HEAT TURNED OFF WHILE ON
WINTER BREAK
Water damage to a Foster Drive, Willimantic, CT
apartment caused the sheet rock in this ceiling to cave in and collapse.
Monday, Jan 12, 2015 • Updated at 8:02 PM EST
Water from a burst pipe flooded a Willimantic, CT
apartment building Monday afternoon after a college student left for winter
break and turned the heat off, according to the management office.
Police said flooding at the Foster Drive apartment unit
caused sheet rock from the ceiling to collapse, leaving one or two people
without a home. No one was hurt but the building suffered significant water
damage.
A tenant of the affected unit said she returned to her
apartment Monday to find water damage and realized her roommate had turned off
the heat.
Affected residents are being put up in a hotel until
property management can assess the damage.