Topeka ? Damage caused by a burst pipeline at the Kansas University Medical Center will require $1 million to clean up, officials said Thursday.

The corroded pipe at Murphy Hall burst early Sunday on the fourth floor of the five-story building on the Kansas City, Kan., campus, sending water rushing down the walls and floors for about four hours before it was discovered.

“It’s a disaster area,” said Donald Hagen, executive vice chancellor for the Medical Center.

Crews began working to dry out the building Sunday. Carpet and most furniture will have to be replaced, said Hagen, who was in Topeka for a meeting of the Kansas Board of Regents.

As of Thursday, the first floor was nearing completion and an outpatient clinic in the basement that was relocated may be open again as early as Monday.

Work on the rest of the building will require about two weeks to complete. Employees in the building have been relocated or are working from home.

The university doesn’t have insurance for such an event. Hagen said the $1 million for restoration will mean other maintenance projects will go unfinished next year, which he said could make other areas vulnerable to major damage.

“It’s a cycle,” he said.

As bad as the pipe break was, Hagen said it could have been worse. Records chronicling the history of liver patients were dampened in the event but not ruined, he said.

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