Burst pipe causes thousands of pounds of flood damage
[gallery] Thousands of pounds of flood damage has been caused to a Shropshire pensioner's home after a pipe burst while he was away in hospital being treated for cancer.
Thousands of pounds of flood damage has been caused to a Shropshire pensioner's home after a pipe burst while he was away in hospital being treated for cancer.
The roof of the kitchen and bedroom has caved in, a wall has collapsed and wallpaper has been stripped from the walls after the pipe burst in the attic of 83-year-old John Morgan's home in Madeley, Telford.
The damage was only discovered when his grandson Jimmy Morgan visited the home to check on the property yesterday.
The 34-year-old windscreen fitter said: "I opened the front door and it sounded like a waterfall was going off somewhere in the house. I looked up and it looked like someone was letting off eight taps from the ceiling.
"A pipe had frozen in the loft and after it burst it continued to leak water throughout the house. My grandad has been in hospital for a while receiving treatment for cancer and it had been a few days since my last visit to the house, the pipe could have been leaking for days.
"The damage is unbelievable to behold. The entire house is ruined, it literally looks like a bomb has gone off in there.
"The kitchen roof and a bedroom roof have caved in, the other rooms haven't fared much better. One of the walls has collapsed inside the house.
"The whole place will have to be gutted, it will cost thousands of pounds to repair."
The water supply has been temporally stopped to neighbours' houses while the leak is fixed.
