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Water main break floods Cosmo Industries

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Water main break floods Cosmo Industries
WATCH ABOVE: Cosmo Industries will be closed for at least a week after a water main break flooded its building – Apr 14, 2016

SASKATOON – Tense moments at a Saskatoon building this week were captured on camera. A Monday morning water main break at Cosmopolitan Industries left the facility’s entire main floor in shambles.

Disaster services came to the rescue but the flooding caused major damage.

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Flooring, walls and other items have been destroyed and staff are still cleaning up.

“It was chaotic. We were all in here,” said Cosmo executive director Sharlene Duquette.

“We had a berm up here to stop the flow of the water. It started flowing, it was just like a river.”

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Cosmo will be closed for at least a week. There is no damage estimate at this time.

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Cosmopolitan Industries provides adults with intellectual disabilities daytime programs.

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