Orlando motel flooded following sprinkler system malfunction

ORLANDO, Fla.

An Orange County woman is trying to find a place to stay after an Orlando motel flooded Thursday morning, forcing people out into the heat.

A sprinkler system malfunctioned at the Crestwood Suites Extended Stay motel on University Boulevard in East Orange County, Orange County Fire Rescue said.

The incident happened at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday.

Officials said the hotel had to cut off power because all the water became an electrical hazard.

"It was like a flood coming down. You looked into the lobby from the doors and it was like rain pouring through the ceiling," said motel guest Andrea Paul.

Guests said they were escorted back into their rooms one-by-one to get their belongings, but they did not know when they would be able to go back into their rooms for good.

Paul said she has had a lot of bad luck lately, and her stay at Crestwood Suites was just the tip of the iceberg.

"It's the last thing we would have expected to happen, but life happens," Paul said.

Paul said she left a domestic violence shelter and was staying in the motel.

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