Water floods part of Shops at Prudential Center A pipe burst inside the Prudential Center sending water pouring down through the ceiling. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT BREAKING NEWS OFF THE TOP AT 4:00, A PIPE HAS BURST INSIDE THE PRUDENTIAL CENTER SENDING WATER LITERALLY POURING THROUGH THE CEILING. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED A SHORT TIME AGO. KIMBERLY BOOKMAN IS LIVE OUTSIDE THE PRU. IS IT UNDER CONTROL AT THIS POINT? IT SEEMS TO BE, J.C. I CAN TELL YOU THE WATER THAT WAS GUSHING FROM THE CEILING HAS BEEN PLUGGED. WE WERE JUST INSIDE THE PRUDENTIAL CENTER. WE ENTERED HERE ON BOYLSTON STREET, WENT UP TO RIGHT OUTSIDE THE SAX FIFTH AVENUE ENTRANCE AND THEY WERE CLEANING UP ALL THE WATER THAT WAS GUSHING. TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO THAT WE HAVE, THIS IS VIDEO THAT CAME FROM ONE OF THE VIEWERS WHO WAS INSIDE AT THE TIME. BASICALLY WHAT HE TELLS US OR WHAT HE ACTUALLY SEES, AND YOU CAN SEE AS WELL AND WE'RE HEARING FROM BE THE SOUTHBOUND THERE, IS THAT CREWS WERE TELLING EVERYONE TO GET BACK, GET BACK. THEN THERE WERE ALARMS THAT WENT OFF AND THE LIGHTS WENT OFF, AND BASICALLY THE WATER WAS JUST GUSHING ABOVE THE CHICO'S STORE INSIDE THE MALL. WE DID SPEAK TO SOMEONE WHO WAS THERE, THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. THERE WAS A CASCADE, AN ENTIRE CASCADE. WHERE WAS IT COMING FROM? IT WAS FROM THE CEILING, FROM INSIDE THE DOORS, FROM THE LIGHTS. IT PRETTY MUCH RUINED THE CHICO'S STORE. BACK OUT HERE LIVE NOW, CREWS ARE STILL ON THE SCENE TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE SITUATION. SEEMS LIKE THE STORES IN THAT VICINITY OF THE MALL HAVE BEEN CLOSED DOWN. BUT THE REST OF THE MALL IS OPERATING, DOESN'T SEEM LIKE ANYONE WAS HURT. OBVIOUSLY QUITE A MESS, BECAUSE

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