Bank closes temporarily

CANFIELD — The office of First Place Bank here suffered water damage from a broken hot-water pipe early Monday and was closed.

The office is located at 2 South Broad Street, at West Main Street (U.S. Route 224.)

Dominique Stoeber, executive vice president of retail delivery for the Warren-based bank, said the company is assessing the damage and will know more about the length of the closure today.

While the Canfield office is closed, customers will still be able to use the drive-up window and ATM machine at 352 West Main St. Monday through Friday 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to noon.

In addition, First Place has extended its hours at the Seville Drive office, 3801 Boardman Canfield Road, about 2 miles to the east. The office will be open Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday drive-thru hours 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Don Hutchison, assistant fire chief with the Cardinal Joint Fire District, said his department was called out at 3:25 a.m. for what appeared to be a fire coming out of the building’s roof but turned out to be steam from a hot-water heating system.

The system ruptured on the second floor of the two-story building, causing extensive damage on the second and first floors, as well as the basement, Hutchison said.

Firefighters turned off all of the utilities to the building, Hutchison said.

The bank said no damage was done to any safe deposit boxes, and safe deposit box customers will be contacted in the coming days to know of any plans to temporarily relocated the boxes.

Customers can contact the First Place Customer Care Center at (330) 373-1230 Ext. 2905 with any questions.