A broken fire sprinkler pipe caused some flooding at Westport’s Green’s Farms Elementary School Thursday night, fire officials said.
Firefighters responding to an automatic alarm at the school at 17 Morningside Drive South at 10:55 p.m. opened the front doors and found water gushing down the front steps, said Assistant Chief Robert Kepchar.
“Upon investigation, it was quickly determined that a large diameter sprinkler pipe had broken, dumping large amounts of water in the main hallway and down to the lower level,” he said.
The firefighters immediately shut down the sprinkler system and used large squeegees to push the water out of the building, Kepchar said.
The water flow was stopped within five minutes after arrival, but firefighters worked to keep water damage to adjoining classrooms to a minimum, he said.
The fire official said the wooden gymnasium floor was spared due to the quick actions of the firefighters, keeping water from entering that area.
School maintenance personnel were called in to help with the cleanup along with a cleanup contractor. The last fire units left the school at 1:07 a.m.
