Dozens of people were evacuated from a Verona high-rise on Thursday evening after police say a man tampered with a sprinkler in the building.

First responders were called to the A.J. Demor Towers on Thursday evening around 6 p.m. and when they first arrived, they found a large amount of water on the 7th floor that was spreading throughout the building.

Nearly 60 people were evacuated out of the building due to the water spreading.

"You come off the elevator, everything on the right-hand side, all the apartments is flooded all the way down to the lobby there and the ceiling's caved in, carpet's all soaked in the hallway, it's a mess in there," said tenant Jesse Barrett.

Dozens of people were evacuated from the A.J. Demor Towers high rise in Verona after a man was accused of tampering wi

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