Local grocery store suffers massive loss

9/21/2018 (Permalink)

This picture shows only part of the muddy mess left behind after the water loss.

Recently, an 80,000 square foot grocery store suffered a massive water emergency. The building was repurposed from being a Big-Box retailer into a grocery store in 2009. During renovations, new utilities were required and an unused 8 inch water line was capped and left in place. That unused water line, which runs underneath the building, suffered a catastrophic failure on the morning of February 12, 2018. Water then began flowing, under high pressure, through the expansion joints in the floor and into all areas of the store. After the local utility authority was able to secure the water, more than an inch of muddy water was left covering most of the store. This included the sales floor, stock rooms, freezers, and prep areas.

SERVPRO of North Knoxville responded to the scene shortly after the incident and immediately began to mitigate the damages and help get the store back open for business.