Burst pipes wreak havoc across Calgary amid freezing cold weather

Burst pipes kept Calgary firefighters and plumbers busy on Monday as a winter deep freeze continued across the province.

The Calgary Fire Department said crews were called to 114 3 Ave. S.W. at around 3 p.m. to deal with a flooding call that was causing water to spill into the street and freeze over.

WATCH: Water came shooting out of a hallway ceiling at the University of Calgary Monday afternoon after a sprinkler burst. As Lauren Pullen reports, while crews are still trying to figure out what happened, the cold snap could very likely have been a contributing factor.

0:54 Student captures dramatic video of sprinkler system burst at University of Calgary

The fire department said the water was coming from a burst pipe inside the building and they had some difficulty shutting it off.

Whether the cold weather caused the pipe to burst remains under investigation, the CFD said.

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Meanwhile, across town at the University of Calgary, a burst sprinkler pipe caused water to jet out into a hallway that links the Science A and B buildings. The water started flooding the hallway at about 2 p.m.

Startled students naturally popped out their phones and began to shoot the small geyser.

University maintenance teams managed to get the leak under control.

“The link between Science A and Science B will tentatively reopen tomorrow morning,” the university tweeted at 3:34 p.m.

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