Broken sprinklers cause flooding at OU Children’s Hospital

Due to a broken sprinkler head in the Physicians Sooner Pediatrics clinic at Oklahoma City, Okla.-based OU Children’s Hospital, the facility faces $250,000 worth of damage, according to a local report from Fox 25.

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The flooding occurred Sunday evening and the clinic closed Monday.

At least three floors had an inch and a half of water, according to firefighters who arrived at the scene when the sprinklers triggered a fire alarm. The general pediatric floor suffered the most damage, according to the report.

See the full report here.

 

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