Pole dancing mishap leads to water damage in multiple apartment units

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A west Houston woman's pole dancing ended in disaster after the pole hit a fire sprinkler and flooded her and a neighbor's apartment.

Asha Gilbert was filming herself in her living room as she followed along to a pole dance workout tutorial.

Right as she begins spinning on the pole, the top dislodges from the ceiling and hits a fire sprinkler, causing water to shoot everywhere.

"Immediately, I'm in shock because I'm like, 'Oh my gosh, this cannot be happening to me,'" said Gilbert.

The pole was a recent addition to Gilbert's living room. She says a colleague had given it to her just three days prior.

"He was like, 'Hey, I have this pole, I'm giving it away. Do you want it?' And I'm like, 'Yeah, absolutely I want it.," Gilbert said.

But when she and a friend installed it, they didn't anchor it to the ceiling. Instead, they relied on the pole's natural tension between ceiling and floor.

"It wasn't even a thought that it could possibly hit the sprinkler," Gilbert said. "We were more worried about it hitting a wall."

Much of Gilbert's furniture was ruined, and she had to move to a different apartment.

She said the water also seeped into a downstairs neighbor's unit.

"I explained everything, and she was very, very cool and understanding, and I appreciated that," said Gilbert.