Tenants Displaced After Water Main Break

December 26, 2022 3:59 am

NORTH VERSAILLES, Pa. — (WPXI) – Tenants of a 72-unit apartment building will not be able to stay in their rooms after a water main break. Allegheny County dispatchers say emergency crews were called to the 500 block of Della Street in North Versailles at around 3:56 p.m. Firefighters say the water main break occurred in an electrical unit in the building. They had to turn off both the water and the electricity. People who had to leave the building but did not have a place to stay are able to stay at the North Versailles Community Center on Greensburg Avenue. Firefighters said food would be provided for them but they can only stay until 9:00 a.m. Pittsburgh Regional Transit sent buses to help transport people to the community center, emergency crews say. The owner of the complex originally told firefighters they would not be paying for overnight hotels to help the displaced residents. They have since come forward and said they will be providing help, but have not yet specified how they will be helping. Our news partners at Channel 11 reached out to Brandywine, who owns the apartment complex to see what, specifically, is being done and has not heard back. Members of the West Wilmerding Volunteer Fire Department are asking the public to help. Anyone willing to provide donations or to help the displaced residents is asked to reach out to the West Wilmerding Volunteer Fire Department. Their phone number is 412-583-6535.