BILLERICA - ʻO kahi paipu hāhā i loko o kahi hale 40-apartment ma The Commons ma ke alanui ʻo Boston i alakaʻi i ka wai kahe nui i koi ʻia e hoʻopaʻi ʻia ka hale no ka manawa pōkole ma muli o "nā pilikia palekana ola," e like me ka Billerica Fire Capt. Matthew Battcock.

Manaʻo ka luna hoʻololi he 2,000 a 3,000 mau galani wai i haki ʻia i loko o ka hale i ka wā i pohā ai ka paipu 4-inihi ma ka hale o ka Hale 1 ma ka hale paʻakikī ma 499 Boston Road.

"I loko o 20 mau makahiki, ʻaʻole wau ʻike inā ua ʻike wau i kahi hale - ʻokoʻa ke ahi ke kau mākou i ka wai nui ma luna o kahi hale - manaʻo wau ʻaʻole wau i ʻike i kēlā wai nui i loko o kahi hale. ," wahi a Battcock.

He aha ke kumu i pohā ai ka paipu ke hoʻokolokolo ʻia nei.ʻAʻole i loaʻa koke ka nui o nā kamaʻāina i haʻalele.

Ua loaʻa i nā mea puhi ahi ke kāhea no kahi pilikia wai ma ka Hale 1 ma kahi o 3 pm Ua hōʻea ʻo Crews ma ke kahua ma hope koke o ka haʻi ʻia ʻana e kahi mea hale hale "ua lohe lākou i ka leo nui a hele mai ka wai ma ke kaupaku," wahi a Battcock.

"Ua piʻi au i ke kolu o ka papahele e noiʻi ai a i koʻu haʻalele ʻana i ka elevator, aia ka nui o ka wai e hele mai ana ma ke kaupaku, ma o nā kukui kukui, ma o nā baseboards a ma waho o nā keʻena," wahi āna.

Hoʻomaka koke nā mea kinai ahi e pani i ka lako wai sprinkler.Ua hoʻomaka pū lākou e haʻalele i nā kānaka, me nā poʻe noho lehulehu ma nā noho huila.

Ua hoʻopilikia ʻia nā hale noho 40 a pau e ka pōʻino wai, ʻoiai ʻo kekahi mau wahi i loaʻa i ka "pōʻino nui," wahi a Battcock.