About 4 a.m. July 28 — in the midst of a heavy rainstorm — Salt Lake City resident Daren Gisseman heard sewage shooting out of the toilet in his basement and went down to find it erupting about 6 inches above the rim of the bowl.
Sewage also emerged from the shower and floor drain, and the smell was “horrendous,” said Gisseman, who lives near 2100 South and 1800 East.
The sewage affected all kinds of furniture — beds, carpet, couch, chairs — and ruined clothes, luggage, pictures, keepsakes and other items being stored in the basement, Gisseman said.