Resident reportedly caused $20 million in damage by flooding SF high-rise

An enormous flood at San Francisco’s 100 Van Ness house constructing might value $20 million {dollars} to repair.  The flood displaced a whole bunch and broken 100 items within the 29-story Hayes Valley constructing.  

The flood occurred within the early morning hours of Tuesday, Oct. 11. In response to police, a excessive pressured fireplace hose valve utilized by firefighters to connect with the constructing’s water provide, was opened by a resident of the constructing, 46-year-old Michael Nien. 

Water gushes right into a stair effectively at 100 Van Ness in San Francisco.

The excessive stress stream blasted proper via the partitions of the eleventh ground and despatched water flowing right down to the foyer. The District lawyer’s workplace charged Nien with felony vandalism and resisting arrest. 

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In response to residents who attended Nien’s first listening to, he bit one officer and threw urine within the face of one other. The San Francisco Fireplace Division, who responded to the preliminary name, and Nien’s lawyer stated Nien was experiencing a psychological well being disaster on the time he opened the valve. 

Residents who attended the listening to say The Emerald Fund, the house owners of 100 Van Ness, claimed the harm Nien brought about will value an estimated $20 million. 

Within the days following the flood residents had been left with no working elevator, some needed to climb 29 flights of stairs for days. In response to residents, as of October 23, only one elevator is working, however they are saying it’s nonetheless unreliable. Some who stay within the constructing have been staying in accommodations paid for by the Emerald Fund. 

Nien was denied bail by the decide and can bear a pretrial psychological well being evaluation. Nien’s preliminary listening to was set for Oct. 27 at 9:00 a.m.