Major water leak floods MIT campus buildings, Cambridge MA
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Other Non-Crime EventAs discussed during the dispatch call, a major water leak occurred in the basement of Building 54 at the MIT campus, with water flowing into another building. The leak appears to have been caused by a burst underground pipe. Facilities staff and construction crews were responding to control the situation.
Audio|Heard on: Middlesex MA Law Dispatch Group Calls
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01:4
Transcript:
00:00
Can you have facilities come to the basement of 54? It looks like there's a large water leak.
00:04
There's a lot of water on the floor.
00:06
Trying to ascertain where it's coming from, but it's pretty much the entire floor.
00:12
Let's see.
00:13
Is there a room number down there?
00:16
Send them over though.
00:18
I'm gonna come down the elevators.
00:20
I'll see it.
00:24
East to one two, let me know if you need anything over there.
00:28
Okay, thank you.
00:31
Control one two, facilities in route.
00:35
Okay, copy.
00:36
And again, it's a lot of water and it's flowing into another building as well.
00:40
So I don't know what they can do to mitigate this.
00:45
Person.
00:48
Well, construction crews were out there last night digging behind the building.
00:54
Okay, so it looks like building 54, room 006.
01:00
There is a pipe burst in the ground.
01:03
You can see water leaking everywhere.
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Location mentioned:
Green Bldg, Ames St, Cambridge, MA 02139
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