A fire in a West Salt Lake apartment complex forced residents in two units from their homes Saturday.
Firefighters put out the flames quickly, but not before it destroyed a room and broke a water pipe. The pipe sprayed water into the apartment below, flooding it, Salt Lake Fire Capt. Devin Villa said."It took them a while to find the turn-off switch (for the water pipe)," he added.
The blaze and the flood caused $50,000 in damage to the complex, 1594 W. Secret Garden Place (1635 South).
The fire started about 12:50 p.m. and burned a bedroom. The cause of the blaze is under investigation, he said.
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Firefighters spent about three hours pumping four inches of water out and moving drenched furniture from the flooded apartment, Villa said.