A San Francisco man was arrested on Tuesday morning for allegedly vandalizing a 29-story residence constructing by opening up a fireplace hose valve, forcing tenants to evacuate large floods.
Firefighters had been referred to as to 100 Van Ness in the Civic Middle neighborhood at 5:30 a.m. resulting from experiences of a fireplace alarm. First responders reportedly discovered a unadorned man subsequent to a pipe that was gushing water.
The suspect, recognized as 46-year-old Michael Nien by FOX 2 San Francisco, was a resident of the high-rise constructing. Residents say that he opened a fireplace hose valve on the eleventh ground, inflicting high-pressure floods to surge all through the constructing.
The suspect was arrested for felony vandalism and resisting arrest on Tuesday. He was later booked into San Francisco County Jail.
Photos taken on Tuesday show massive holes within the constructing’s partitions that were caused by the highly effective floods.
Tenants had been reportedly annoyed by the incident, which rendered elevators inoperable. Residents now need to stroll up and down as many as 29 flights of stairs till the elevators are repaired.
Photos taken on Tuesday present large holes within the constructing’s partitions that had been attributable to the highly effective floods.
Tenants had been reportedly annoyed by the incident, which rendered elevators inoperable. Residents now need to stroll up and down as many as 29 flights of stairs till the elevators are repaired.
Fox Information Digital has reached out to San Francisco Police Division for extra data however has not heard again.
