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Pipes Burst At School In Northern Westchester: Cold Temperatures Cause Flooding Pipes Burst At School In Northern Westchester: Cold Temperatures Cause Flooding
Pipes Burst At School In Northern Westchester: Cold Temperatures Cause Flooding Freezing cold temperatures caused pipes to burst in a Northern Westchester Middle School, which resulted in parts of the building flooding.  At around 3 p.m. in the afternoon on Saturday, Feb. 4, a fire suppression sprinkler in the ceiling of a stairwell at Peekskill Middle School froze because of the high wind gusts and cold temperatures, according to a letter sent to parents by Superintendent David Mauricio. This caused a pipe to burst, sending water into the stairwell which eventually traveled through hallways into several classrooms in a portion of the school.  A notice w…

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by Ben Crnic