It’s been four days since a 32-unit apartment building in Kelowna, B.C., flooded, and since then, residents have been without power.
On Thursday, a city water main broke near the intersection of Highway 97 and Pandosy Street, sending water into the lobby and parkade of Mill Creek Landing on Water Street.
“I woke up to find out the pipe burst down the block and pooled water into our building, we got pretty flooded. It was to the point where the lobby had couches that were actually floating around the lobby,” said Mill Creek Landing resident Spencer Alves.
“There was a lot of water that got into the parkade as well, a lot of cars have been damaged. There’s thankfully no first-floor units in our building so none of the units got damaged.”
Residents of a 32-unit apartment building in Kelowna, British Columbia, have been without power for four days since the building flooded.
A city water main burst on Thursday, flooding the lobby and parkade of Mill Creek Landing on Water Street near the intersection of Highway 97 and Pandosy Street.
“When I awoke, I discovered that the pipe had burst down the block, pooling water in our building, causing us to become pretty flooded. Spencer Alves, a resident of Mill Creek Landing, stated, “It got to the point where the lobby had couches that were actually floating around the lobby.”
A lot of water also got into the parkade, which caused a lot of damage to cars. Fortunately, there are no units on the first floor in our building, so none of the units were damaged.
However, significant damage was done to the building’s electrical system, and the building’s power was cut off.
Additionally, a letter posted in the building’s lobby stated that a critical piece of equipment had been damaged, causing the power to be out for up to a week.
The emergency lights aren’t on, and the fire alarm system isn’t working right now. It’s pitch black as you walk through the hallways and stairwells. Alves stated, “It’s just stairs because the elevators are out as well.”
“At the moment, there is a lot of trash on the stairs that has not been cleaned. It’s honestly perilous and you really want to have a light wellspring of some sort. The majority of people only use their phones’ lights.
According to Alves, the occupancy of the building has not been revoked, and residents are welcome to remain at their own risk while looking for temporary housing.
“Since we can in any case possess the structure we can’t get crisis social help support, or ESS,” said Alves.
“Since there was no harm to the actual unit, tenants’ protection sits idle, property managers protection sits idle, and layers protection is only for the structure it’s self so we are simply without a friend in the world.”
At the very least, we still have running water, but there is no hot water. Alves went on to say, “It means we can’t cook, we can’t wash our clothes, and we can’t do the laundry.” We can’t keep any of our food. I just needed to go through my cooler and toss out all that since it’s completely turned sour since there’s no refrigeration. With candles and flashlights, we are just sitting there in the cold and darkness.”
Alves is requesting assistance from the city.
“They cleaned the water, fixed the road, fixed the pipe, washed their hands, and then they left. In any case, we’re actually managing the repercussions of what occurred,” said Alves.
If you asked me, I would say that I believe the city should take care of this. Our building was flooded by their property-owned pipe.
After the flood, the broken water main was fixed, but the apartment building’s restoration is still going on.
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