Pipe bursts in Lewis Hall on MU’s campus, causing damage

A pipe burst on the eighth floor sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning at Lewis Hall on MU’s campus, according to MU’s spokesman.

Damage was discovered by an employee on Saturday morning, who immediately contacted authorities. MU called in a contractor who worked all of Saturday, most of Sunday and was back again on Monday.

MU also had its own staff on site to work on the damage. All of the floors and nearly every portion of every floor was damaged.

Staff were let in this morning to get their items, but can’t work in the building. There is no estimate on when they will be able to return to work in the building, and also no estimate on the cost of the damage. The building mainly houses the school of health professions.