Sprinklers set off by AC work cause water damage at Elmhurst apartments
water damage incident Aug . 16 at Market Square Apartments , 200 N. Addison Ave., Elmhurst." class="automarg" src="http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/_internal/cimg!0/f25ywy10lpnhqgln5r0sugze3i8tgvj" /> Mary Stroka - mstroka@shawmedia.com Caption The Elmhurst Fire Department responds to a water damage incident Aug . 16 at Market Square Apartments , 200 N. Addison Ave., Elmhurst. ELMHURST – Three units at the Market Square Apartments in Elmhurst experienced water damage Wednesday morning after a worker accidentally set off the sprinkler system by soldering too close to a sprinkler head in a ceiling, Elmhurst Deputy Fire Chief Bill Anaszewicz said. The Fire Department responded to a 9:59 a.m. alarm, arriving at 10:04 a.m. at the apartments at 200 N. Addison Ave., Anaszewicz said. The laborer from a heating and cooling repair company had been working on an air-conditioning unit and soldering next to a floor joist, he said. The water damage went from the third ...