Frigid temperatures blamed for damage to public buildings

TAYLOR, Mich. (AP) — Frigid temperatures are blamed for causing pipes to rupture in three public buildings in a Detroit suburb.

Taylor Mayor Rick Sollars says problems started last week, with pipes breaking at City Hall, the Lakes of Taylor Golf Club and a park activity building. Water poured into the buildings for several hours.

Sollars says no one was in the buildings when the pipes burst. Damage is estimated at more than $100,000. City Hall has since reopened, but Sollars says events likely will be canceled for a few months at the golf club.

Cleanup work comes as brutal winter weather has brought bitterly cold temperatures to parts of the U.S., including Michigan.