Oohh, I had this happen once in a building I lived in! Some guy hung his jacket on one of these on the 20th floor and it basically flooded all apartments on that side of the building, 4 per floor, plus the walkways too. When inenterrd the building it was raining inside the lobby. All inner drywalls were, well, not dry anymore, and had to be replaced, all carpets everywhere, all apartments had heavy water damage, people lost half their electronics in the soaking and the rotten egg smelling water basically ruined everything for basically 80 apartments.
I dont know and can’t imagine what happened to the guy, would insurance cover THAT? And that much?
If it’s in the US, I’d imagine the tenants are up to insuring their own belongings. They could probably try to sue the guy and started it. The building would probably only be insuring things they’re responsible for as well.
When building fires happen the water damage is often worse than fire damage. Worst is to get the water damage without being able to say that at least it saved some lives in setting of fire.
Worked next door to a company that did home and office disaster cleanup. Most of the goodies in the dumpster were from water, not fire damage. And since insurance was paying, they threw out loads of perfectly good shit! SO loved that dumpster.
Oohh, I had this happen once in a building I lived in! Some guy hung his jacket on one of these on the 20th floor and it basically flooded all apartments on that side of the building, 4 per floor, plus the walkways too. When inenterrd the building it was raining inside the lobby. All inner drywalls were, well, not dry anymore, and had to be replaced, all carpets everywhere, all apartments had heavy water damage, people lost half their electronics in the soaking and the rotten egg smelling water basically ruined everything for basically 80 apartments.
I dont know and can’t imagine what happened to the guy, would insurance cover THAT? And that much?
It was a shitshow
If it’s in the US, I’d imagine the tenants are up to insuring their own belongings. They could probably try to sue the guy and started it. The building would probably only be insuring things they’re responsible for as well.
When building fires happen the water damage is often worse than fire damage. Worst is to get the water damage without being able to say that at least it saved some lives in setting of fire.
Worked next door to a company that did home and office disaster cleanup. Most of the goodies in the dumpster were from water, not fire damage. And since insurance was paying, they threw out loads of perfectly good shit! SO loved that dumpster.