This leak calls for a major clean up.
A surveillance video from a luxury beachfront condominium in Brazil captured the moment a pool came crashing through the basement roof underneath, sending hundreds of gallons of water flooding through an indoor parking garage one floor below.
“We went to the balcony and saw lots of water coming out of the building, and we went down quickly, grabbing a few things,” tenant Ubiracy Fonseca told Metro UK of the event.
The wreckage happened on April 22 in Espírito Santo, NY Post reported. The video of the 75-foot-long pool collapse has now gone viral.
In the video, a torrent of water can be seen blowing away debris, and even moving a car parked in the garage.
“We heard a very loud noise,” Fonseca told local news outlet G1. “We immediately went to find out what had happened.”
One resident was injured during the terrifying accident, the outlet reports. The wreckage also required 270 residents to evacuate the 90-apartment complex. The residents were able to return home while engineers conducted inspections, during which time the complex’s construction firm paid for them to stay at a hotel.
“Thank God it was not a bigger problem,” said Fonseca.
The cause of the cave-in still remains unclear, as the engineers did not discover any structural damage to the building. Some residents did however report smelling gas as the pool was heating up.
Building superintendent Gilmar Assumpcao pledged to continue the investigation after several residents refused to return to the complex.
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