One of the two water tanks in the borough of Rock Forest in Sherbrooke, Que., cracked, causing a large amount of water to pour down onto the ground below.

Residents of a nearby seniors' home were relocated into another wing of the building.

Five cracks were initially reported in the tower, but municipal workers moved quickly to patch them up.

A security perimeter was established around the area.

The tower is 41 metres high and was erected in the late 1970s.

The tank has a capacity of nearly four million gallons of water and is designed to withstand winds of 160 kilometres per hour.