Early Morning Fire Damages Bar

The Griffin Bar and Restaurant in the the area of downtown Aiken known as 'The Alley' was gutted by flames overnight.

Lt. David Turno of the Aiken Department of Public Safety said the fire was spotted shortly after 5:30 a.m., when a police officer patrolling downtown noticed smoke in the area. Fire crews responded to heavy smoke in the in the restaurant and a fire in the kitchen. Crews extinguished the fire quickly and were cleared from the scene by 8 a.m.

Businesses on either side of the pub received smoke damage.

There were no injuries. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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1/31/12 Lindenhurst Weather Forecast

This Afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 55. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 43. West wind between 9 and 11 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. West wind between 10 and 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. Northwest wind between 7 and 10 mph.

Thursday: A slight chance of rain after 9am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. North wind between 7 and 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of rain before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Monday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 42. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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Home FLooded While Mother is in Hospital

Mother of three, Jodie Seymour, has effectively lost the roof over her head - and so have her daughters.

Just out of hospital and still in pain from major surgery, she will have to get used to continuing her recovery on other people's couches.

"What a mess," she said yesterday, holding back the tears as she surveyed what had been her Cedar Crt home for some years, until a plumbing failure on Australia Day destroyed all that.

It was a flood that had nothing to do with all the rain that affected the rest of us.

"I didn't want to be the person to have to tell you this," her friend Ashleigh Rose said on Thursday, breaking the news to the hospital-bound Ms Seymour via mobile phone.

"It wasn't much of an Australia Day for us," Ms Seymour said.

But she added that the Australians who came out of nowhere to help were what saved the day for her.

"I could look out from the hospital and see the house," she said.

"They rang me up when the shipping container arrived. I watched them back it in and load it up."

Ms Rose said her friend didn't even know what she'd lost and what was still worth saving.

"I was first on the scene. I'd gone around to the house because Jodie only had hot clothes and she needed some cooler pyjamas," she said.

"There was water pouring out one of the doors. It was coming from a ruptured hot water line and the cold water line was about to go."

The water loss was one thing, but the electricity bill from the hot water system would be another problem again.

"I turned off the water supply and the plumber disconnected the hot water system," Ms Rose said.

Uncounted thousands of litres of water poured onto the undrained bathroom floor and wrecked the house interior and many belongings.

Ms Seymour said she owed thanks to her friends, neighbours across the road who formed "a small army of helpers" and people at Jefco Containers in River Rd, who rented them a shipping container without a deposit.

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Deck Fire Damages Apartment Complex

No injuries were reported in a small fire Friday at an apartment complex on the 800 block of Corday in Naperville, authorities said Monday.

The fire was on a second floor deck, Deputy Chief Rick Sander said, and was extinguished in just a few minutes.Authorities believe the fire was sparked by discarded smoking materials.

No one was home at the time of the fire, which caused an estimated $10,00 damage.

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1/30/12 Lindenhurst Weather Forecast

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. West wind 6 to 10 mph becoming south.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. West wind between 13 and 15 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. West wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of showers, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. West wind between 11 and 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. Northwest wind between 8 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: A slight chance of rain after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 45. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Sunday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 40. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 40.

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Burst Pipe Floods Bonavista Complex

Roughly 50 seniors were forced Friday night from their suites at a retirement home after a broken sprinkler line flooded part of the building.

Fire crews arrived at apartment block, at 11800 Lake Fraser Drive S.E., just before 8:30 p.m. after a waterline ruptured in the ceiling of the fourth floor of the north wing.

The water seeped down through three other floors.

The residents will likely be displaced for several days, according to the fire department.

While crews mopped up the mess, contained to one wing of the four-storey, multi-unit complex, residents were relocated to an unaffected wing, and many gathered in the dining room.

It was later determined residents were going to be displaced for a few days.

Although the cause of the flood is still under investigation it appears the rising mercury might have played a role.

“As temperatures start to rise, often some of the frozen pipes that have ice in them start to thaw, exposing the cracks that have been cause by the cold,” said battalion chief Ernie Molineaux. “That could likely be the cause.”

While most of the affected residents left the building to stay with family or friends, the rest will receive help from the city in finding accommodations, said Molineaux.

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Small Flood Damages Iowa University School of Music

Six pianos belonging to Hancher Auditorium and the University of Iowa School of Music were damaged in a small flood early Tuesday morning.

Ten pianos — seven from the School of Music and three from Hancher — saved from the 2008 flood were being stored in a rental space at 209 N. Linn St. The inner workings of the pianos received the most damage as water came through the upstairs ceiling, UI spokesman Tom Moore said.

Five pianos from the School of Music were damaged including a severely damaged 1979 Steinway Model D, Moore said.

"It was truly the gem of the collection," Moore said, and the piano would cost roughly $120,000 to replace.

Moore said a restoration specialist will be hired to see if the piano can be salvaged.

The suspected cause of the flood, which only produced around an inch of water on the ground floor, was a burst water pipe, Moore said. An Iowa City police officer discovered the flooding at 1 a.m. Tuesday.

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