CALLICOON, NY — Due to the extremely frigid weather on February 12, a pipe ruptured at the Grover M. Hermann hospital in Callicoon, and patients and staff were evacuated. The incident resulted in a number of leaks in the building.

The hospital was temporarily closed, and was scheduled to remain that way until air-quality testing could be completed, and the building could be approved for occupancy. Two ambulances remained on site to transfer any patients to Catskill Regional Medical Center in Harris, if they should need to be hospitalized.

In an emergency, Callicoon residents were advised to call 911 or to seek treatment at Catskill Regional Medical Center in Harris.

The below-zero temperatures also prompted Sullivan County officials to open two warming centers over the weekend, one at the Ted Stroebele Center in Monticello, and the other at the Liberty United Methodist Church.