According to the news, a contractor was working with the city of Houston doing some exploratory work around there, moving some soil, etc. when the pipe burst.
“when the pipe burst” should read “when the contractor irresponsibly hit the pipe”. The pipe is an inanimate object, no?
We had some contractors who were testing the chemical fire suppression system in a few weeks back.
They set it off.
A server room, engineering space, and a couple of big UPS battery units got it.
Everything electronic being replaced if not already.