SEEKONK, MASSACHUSETTS, FIREFIGHTERS WERE just feet away from tragedy last night (Wednesday) when a roof collapsed in a building that they were inside.
Sun Chronicle
Their incident began when a monitored sprinkler alarm sounded in a mixed-use industrial building and the FD responded to investigate. It turned out to have been triggered by a flow alarm set off from a broken water pipe in the freezing weather.
As they were inside checking out the building, a 180-ft. by 40-ft. section of the roof suddenly collapsed just a few feet away from where they were checking. It was determined that the roof failure occurred from a high build-up of snow and ice on top of an aging flat roof. The town building inspector believes that roof drains had clogged, leading to ponding of the water as snow melted during the day.
WPRI Ch. 12 Providence filed this video report:
Following the partial collapse, the entire building has been quarantined. There are several current occupancies using the former tennis racket factory.
The Sun Chronicle has the STORY.
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