Water-damaged Phoenix library to stay closed until June
PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix's main public library won't reopen until next June, nearly a year after it was heavily damaged by water from a corroded fire-sprinkler pipe that burst during a July monsoon storm, the city's top administrator said Friday.
City Manager Ed Zuercher also disclosed that inspection reports from recent years warned of pipe corrosion in Burton Barr Central Library's fire-suppression system but that those reports weren't shown to top officials or acted upon.
An investigation is underway to determine why that wasn't done and disciplinary action may result, Zuercher said.
"I'm angry that our library customers have lost the use of this building," said Zuercher, calling the library "the heart of the community.