Image: Mike Vanden Bosch / Pattison Media / The Chilliwack Fire Department has been dispatched for at least four calls Monday morning involving burst pipes and/or water leaks, as temperatures warm up slightly from last week's frigid temperatures. Pictured is the outside of Grewal Sweets & Food at 8705 Young Road, which suffered a water leak/burst pipe incident Monday morning (Jan. 15). 

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Chilliwack Fire Department

Chilliwack Fire Department dispatched for multiple calls of burst pipes, water leaks Monday, including at a restaurant

Jan 15, 2024 | 10:03 AM

CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Fire Department has been dispatched for at least four calls Monday morning (January 15) involving burst pipes and/or water leaks, as temperatures warm up slightly from last week’s frigid temperatures.

According to scanner traffic information collected by Julie Hiscock, who monitors and records scanner traffic throughout the day, one of the four calls for service involving a water leak came from the back of a restaurant, 8705 Young Road, at 5:51 a.m. Monday morning in which firefighters tried to shut off the water, but could not gain access. They asked for dispatchers to contact public works with the City of Chilliwack to shut off the water.

Fraser Valley Today visited the commercial plaza where Grewal Sweets & Foods suffered some kind of leak. There was a small but continuous flow of water oozing from a mechanical or boiler room on the south side of the commercial building. Damage, if any, to the interior of the building is not known as the restaurant windows were fogged up, and the restaurant doesn’t appear to have a Facebook page local to just Chilliwack.

Image: Mike Vanden Bosch / Pattison Media / The restaurant at 8705 Young Road suffered some kind of water leak and/or possible burst pipes Monday morning (Jan. 15).

Around the same time as the water leak at 8705 Young Road, firefighters were dispatched to the 42000 block of Yarrow Central Road involving a water leak and/or burst pipes around 5:54 a.m. The residents there were able to turn off the water.

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The third call came in at 6:57 a.m. for a water leak in the 46900 block of Sylvan Drive. The water was subsequently turned off by responding firefighters.

The fourth call involving a water leak came in at 9:28 a.m. from the 46300 block of Valleyview Road. Firefighters notified dispatch that municipal public works would need to turn off the water.

A fifth call came in after 9 a.m. for a water leak on Chilliwack Central Road. Chilliwack firefighters were able to turn off the water and silence a fire alarm.