Sprinklers go off at Jem, causing damages

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For almost half an hour yesterday, torrents of water fell three storeys down to the atrium of Jem shopping mall, stunning lunchtime shoppers, damaging goods and forcing some shops to close temporarily.

The incident, which happened around noon, resulted in a clean-up operation lasting about three hours.

In a media statement, mall manager Lend Lease said some sprinklers on the third floor were triggered, “resulting in water ingress at a small section of the mall’s common areas” in the basement, as well as on the first and second levels.

However, it did not specify what had caused the sprinklers to go off.

The water was cleared by 4pm, Lend Lease said. By evening, a majority of the affected shops resumed business.