Dalton, Ga., City Court will be shut down this week after a pipe burst over the weekend, flooding the building.
“It was like a shower running all weekend,” City Manager Ty Ross said.
The pipe burst in an upstairs room sometime during the weekend and, by the time city employees found the leak Monday morning, about a half-inch of water covered the downstairs floor, Ross said. All computers were saved from damage, but the carpet was soaked, he said.
Court will be canceled all week as crews drain the water and clean the building, he said.
Ross said city officials weren’t aware of any safety problems at the courthouse except for a small roof leak last year.