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More than a dozen displaced after burst pipe floods building in Scranton

A burst water pipe flooded the Catholic Social Services in Scranton building around 5 p.m. Monday night.

SCRANTON, Pa. — A burst pipe caused flooding in a Scranton building Monday night.

It happened at the Catholic Social Services building along Wyoming Avenue around 5 p.m.

The Diocese of Scranton says a fire system malfunction is to blame.

Officials now say only about 15 people living there were displaced.

The Red Cross, United Way, and Keystone Mission stepped in to help.

A previous version of the story said 41 people were displaced. That is incorrect.

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