Bronx residents displaced due to power outage caused by sprinkler system problem
MORRISANIA (WABC) -- Residents of one Bronx building woke up in hotels Tuesday morning after being forced out of their homes due to a power outage.
Water everywhere, tends to do that.
A broken sprinkler system created a disastrous domino effect where crews were forced to make emergency repairs, leaving tenants out in the cold.
No water, no heat, no electricity...India Guerrero says it's horrible.
About a dozen tenants in the Morrisania section of the Bronx are displaced.
"It's a disaster. I'm tired. Management knows about the problem, but they don't want to do anything about it," said Renald Deleon, a tenant.
"To be safe, we close everything to be safe. Because if something happens then we save a life," said Jose, the building's super.
The building's super says unfortunately these things happen, but the timing of course is bad. It's brutally cold outside.
The Office of Emergency Management helped organize a team of firefighters, Building Department, Con Edison, and Housing Preservation workers along with the Red Cross.
"Just waiting for numbers. Waiting for the Buildings Department and HPD to get more information about how many people are affected," said Brian Green, of the Red Cross.
