TACOMA, Wash. — Tacoma police arrested a 42-year-old woman accused of vandalizing a fire standpipe in an apartment stairway on Friday, resulting in $2 million in water damage.
A standpipe is a type of water piping that can be built into multi-story buildings, which allows firefighters to access a local water supply, much like a fire hydrant does.
The 64-unit apartment building located on South G Street, which mainly houses elderly and disabled residents, was vandalized on Thursday, according to the Tacoma Police Department.
The 42-year-old suspect was arrested on suspicion of malicious mischief on Friday.
Tenants in 32 of the building’s units were displaced.
Police have not shared how the woman vandalized the standpipe or if she was a resident of the building.