Sprinkler pipe breaks, causes water flow in strip mall, Minneapolis MN


Fire crews responded to a strip mall where alarms and strobes were activated. It was found that a pipe above a sprinkler head broke due to a contractor hitting the sprinkler system. There was no fire. Water was shut off to the building as a precaution.
Audio|Source: Bloomington, Richfield, and Edina Public Safety
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Transcript:
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The badge, engine 882 with initial radio report.
00:04
Go ahead.
00:06
82 arriving on a large, single story strip mall. We do have alarms and strobes showing.
00:12
Looks like we're running to be waved down by maintenance.
00:15
Fige 882 will have command.
00:21
1330.
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Cig 181 from command.
00:30
Go for 81.
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He doesn't come inside once you get here, been contacted by a contractor since they hit a sprinkler head, or need in the riser room.
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And 81 copies.
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The riser room is in the lower level, but underneath Crumbl Cookie.
00:51
Good see, beneath Crumbl Cookie.
00:54
Dispatch, Engine 81 will be arriving, France.
00:59
Anywhere.
01:04
Hey, Jay went from command. Why don't you come down to the basin with us?
01:11
Gene81 copies.
01:17
This is not a sprinkler head. This is a pipe above a sprinkler head where the fitting has come loose and broken, so we'll be unable to shut off from my head.
01:29
Command received.
01:35
The 82 driver from command.
01:39
Go.
01:42
We're just going to shut down water to the whole building you guys can just stand by.
01:47
Copy shutting on water.
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