A call went out on the police scanner around 12:45 p.m., July 8, about the Nolan Center flooding. The Nolan Center is Wrangell’s museum, movie theater, tourist destination, and conference center. The fire department responded to the call quickly, finding a broken sprinkler pouring water all over the center’s floor.
While the fire department was able to shut off the water within minutes of arriving on the scene, water continued to pour out of the broken sprinkler for quite some time. Keeleigh Solverson, Nolan Center employee, said that the sprinkler broke when they were trying to move a divider wall, and bumped into it. Nolan Center employees and members of the fire department worked quickly to mop up the water and to replace the broken sprinkler.
The fire department left around 1:30 p.m., with the situation largely under control. Nolan Center staff were left to mop up what water was left. Nolan Center Director Cyni Crary said that nothing was damaged, beyond the sprinkler, and that all of the museum pieces and other items remained dry.
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