Water leak causes flooding near Broadway sidewalk, Chicago IL
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Other CrimesAccording to the dispatch call, a commercial building near Broadway experienced flooding due to a possible burst pipe on the second floor. The fire department forced entry but could not locate the shut off valve. Water is spreading onto the sidewalk, raising concerns about freezing conditions. The water department has been notified.
Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 11
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01:40
Transcript:
00:00
I just wonder if you made a reply or anything.
00:05
Maybe if I word it,
00:08
give me the wordage.
00:10
So it's flooding, is it coming out onto Broadway or in pedestrian area?
00:16
Tell me about that.
00:17
Yes, it's starting to wake onto the sidewalk, so if it does,
00:21
if we do have freezing weather, it's going to start freezing in the sidewalk.
00:25
All right, what kind of building is near Broadway?
00:30
It's a commercial building for lease, two flats.
00:35
A two-flat commercial building, all right.
00:39
And you, when they made the forced entry, they did make a fourth century, right? And you saw this,
00:46
did you enter also?
00:51
I'm sorry, what was the question?
00:54
When the fire did forced entry, did you saw the water coming in from that area or did you stand back or it's coming from within? Yeah.
01:05
Positive, yes.
01:07
We hit us serve a leakage from a second floor.
01:11
It looks like a pipe burst.
01:13
They attempted to shut off the water inside but couldn't find the shut off valve.
01:17
We did contact the owner and advisor to Pet Plummer, but she said she's going to try to contact the water department as well.
01:25
So I'm just verifying this all.
01:30
All right, I'm going to make sure they're,
01:34
if they're going to tell me or not, they're going to be able to turn it off or not.
01:38
So we'll be what you'd like to be back from it.
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Location mentioned:
N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640
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