Wisconsin apartment complex water pipe break causes sinkhole, prompts evacuations, gas fears
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About 300 residents have evacuated an apartment complex in Madison, Wisconsin, after a water pipe broke, causing gas leak concerns and creating a sinkhole that swallowed several vehicles.
Madison Fire Department spokeswoman Cynthia Schuster says emergency personnel were called to the River's Edge Apartments shortly before 5 a.m. Friday.
Schuster says the department is monitoring the complex for explosive gases and that water service has been turned off at all four buildings.
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Several vehicles were submerged or partially submerged in the water-filled sinkhole.
The State Journal (http://bit.ly/1PcNeGb ) says residents were asked to leave two of the buildings in which the power was cut off.
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Information from: Wisconsin State Journal, http://www.madison.com/wsj