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ELKHART, Ind. — Dozens of elderly residents at an assisted living complex in Elkhart cannot go back home right now after bitter cold temperatures caused frozen pipes to burst and flood the building.

All 123 residents of Hellenic Senior Living, including some with pets, were evacuated Sunday after a pipe burst off the main of the dry sprinkler system.

Eighty-six-year-old Albert Beck described walking through two to three inches of water to get out of his apartment.

“I had to walk through to get to the elevator and I get downstairs and it was chaos. I thought what in the world happened.”

Crews helped escort residents out of the building, including those who required extra assi

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