Students evacuated buildings in the Hassayampa Academic Village as the second floor of the G wing flooded on Friday at approximately 5:30 a.m., according to an ASU Police spokesperson.
ASU Police arrived on the scene after being notified of an alarm in Building G, an ASU Police spokesperson said. A responding officer found a ruptured pipe on the second floor that caused the flood. Facilities management was able to close the pipe soon after, a University spokesperson said.
Residences were notified with a fire alarm to vacate Hassayampa Academic Village Buildings G, H and F, said Michelle Mayes, a Building H resident and a freshman studying business.
She said multiple false fire alarms this semester made residents question whether the alarm was real before evacuating.
Mayes, who lives on the fifth floor, said she saw sprinklers going off and "water everywhere" while leaving the building.
Students waited outside the buildings for approximately 30 minutes before being allowed back inside, Mayes added.
This story is developing and may be updated.
Edited by Jack Barron, Abigail Beck and Natalia Jarrett.
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Senna James is a Managing Editor at The State Press. She is in her 5th semester with The State Press working previously as Community and Culture Editor and Community and Culture reporter.
George Headley is a managing editor at the State Press and a third-year student at the Walter Cronkite School for Journalism and Mass Communication. He has previously worked as the politics desk editor and as a community and culture reporter. He has formerly worked with other organizations, such as KJZZ, the Reynolds Center for Business Journalism, and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism.
