Crime & Safety
Greentree Shopping Center Stores Damaged by Ruptured Waterline
A bookstore and two other shops inside the Greentree Shopping Center were flooded early Thursday morning when a pipe beneath the sidewalk ruptured.
A bookstore and two other shops located inside the Greentree Shopping Center were flooded early Thursday morning when a pipe beneath the sidewalk ruptured, according to news reports.
The hardest hit store in the Scott Township shopping center was Bradley’s Book Outlet, according to KDKA-TV.
Books and other merchandise stacked on the floor were destroyed, along with the carpet, according to the television station.
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The Rite Aid pharmacy and Sherwin Williams paint store were also damaged when the 6-inch waterline, which apparently feeds the sprinkler system, broke around 5 a.m. Thursday, KDKA reported.
But the bookstore apparently got the worst of it. A manager of Bradley’s Book Outlet told KDKA he hoped they could make repairs and be open by Friday morning.
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