Safeway on Georgia Avenue in Wheaton has reopened after a Dec. 3 water leak in the store’s basement caused 300,000 gallons of water to flood the lower level.
The store is back to normal operations, an employee confirmed.
The water leak and subsequent power outage affected 1,000 residents and 500 units in the Arrive Wheaton apartments — which are located in the same complex as the Safeway — according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service Chief Spokesperson Pete Piringer.
There was about five feet of water in the Safeway basement, according to Piringer. An estimated 300,000 gallons of water flooded the area. After the flooding, the power was shut off at the apartments as a precaution and the building was condemned as unsafe to occupy.
The Arrive Wheaton residents were reportedly able to return home Saturday, Dec. 6, three days after the leak. The county offered the Mid-County Community Recreation Center in Layhill as a shelter site.
On Sunday, the Montgomery County Renters Alliance and the Arrive Wheaton Tenants Association co-hosted a meeting for residents to discuss frustrations about building management issues and poor communications.
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