El Paso City Hall, Police Headquarters Flood

Frozen or busted pipes aren’t just a home issue, but also a problem at city buildings.

El Paso police headquarters and even City Hall ran into flooding problems on Friday.

Police headquarters on Raynor Street was first to run into water problems. A water line burst at about 1:30 p.m. Friday.

Police spokesman Mike Baranyay said staff and officers were moved to different locations across the city and at City Hall.

But not even City Hall could avoid the clutches of a water break. That building was evacuated just a few hours later.

The reason, city officials said, is that buildings across the Borderland were not built for the type of extreme temperatures the region has been experiencing.

“We getting warm temperatures. So pipes are de-thawing, and that water finds cracks in pipes and (we’re) getting broken lines,” said city’s Emergency Management Coordinator Ralph Johnson.

According to the crews, the first step was to remove the water from the first floor of City Hall using a hose to avoid more flooding.

“From there, we going to bring a humidifier. It looks like a suitcase. From there, fans and humidity levels go down,” explained Luis Cano with Servicemaster Clean.

“Has this been the worst cleanup,” asked reporter Cesar Rodriguez. “This and Fort Bliss,” replied Cano.

The city’s Emergency Management team hoped to have everything cleaned up by Friday night.