CALGARY - Chunks of melting ice fell from a downtown business yesterday, sending one man to hospital with minor injuries.

Believed to be in his early 40s, the man was hit in the back just before noon, said EMS spokesman Adam Loria.

Firefighters were called to Scotiabank at the corner of 2 St. and 8 Ave. S.W., and used a ladder truck to remove more melting ice and snow, said fire department spokesman Jeff Budai.

"It was approximately a 50- to 60-foot stretch of icicles, varying in size," he said.

Although the thaw was welcomed by most following nearly a week of mind-numbing cold, it didn't come fast enough to avoid flooding at a few downtown condos.

An ice jam flooded three condo buildings near 10 St. S.W.

"The cold temperatures caused a little more resistance in the flow of the river and that pushed some water into the ground and that seepage ended up in the parkades," said Frank Frigo, a senior planning engineer with the city's water resources group.

"We've seen this type of event in the past but very rarely."

Water was pumped out and crews brought in to clean up the mess.

Now sitting closer to the seasonal average, temperatures should stay somewhat mild for the next few days, said Gary Dickinson, of Environment Canada.

Around 2C should be the high today, tomorrow and Saturday, which will then jump to 5C Sunday before dropping down to -6C Monday.

"There's going to be a ridge of high pressure that will sit over Alberta for the remainder of the week," said Dickinson.

That means the snow will turn to slush and could be slippery, said city spokesman Sean Somers.

"We've been out very actively putting salt on the roads so for the most part it should be melting," he said.

"The temperature isn't supposed to go down much below -10C, so the salt should take effect."

DAVE.DORMER@SUNMEDIA.CA