Plus 15 ceiling flood leads to partial closure of elevated downtown walkways

Part of Calgary's downtown Plus 15 network was closed early Monday morning as water gushed from a damaged sprinkler pipe in the ceiling.

Tanya Colwellhappened upon the scene at about 7:50 a.m.as she exited a nearbyparkadeon her way to work.

"The security guard said, 'Don't worry. We have everything under control, but you'd better get out because the ceiling is about to collapse,'" she said."So that was quite a surprise."

Colwellsaid the elevated walkway in the700 block of Fifth Avenue S.W. had already been closed in other directions, except for the entrance from theparkadethat she used to access it.

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Fire crews arrived shortly afterward and crewsused a sump pump to drain water into the alley outside, before leaving thebuilding in the hands of management.