WATER FROM BURST
PIPE FREEZES DOWN SIDE OF DETROIT HOME
By Associated Press Published: January 13, 2015, 11:38
am Updated: January 13, 2015, 1:17 pm
DETROIT (AP) — Water from a burst pipe has encased part
of a Detroit home in ice.
E.T. Williamson Sr. tells the Detroit Free Press that a
pipe on the third floor of the house burst several days ago, causing water to
pour through the walls and into the basement.
Temperatures in the Detroit area have been below zero,
causing the steady flow of water to freeze.
The 56-year-old Williamson says the basement has three
to four feet of water in it.
Williamson says he lost the home in tax foreclosure, but
his clothing and other belongings still were inside.
WJBK-TV reports that the water also flowed down the
driveway and into the street before freezing.
A bulldozer was called in to remove thick sheets of ice
from the street.