In Brooklyn the street turned into a river: residents evacuated (video)

In Brooklyn the street turned into a river: residents evacuated (video)

In Crown Heights, Brooklyn, a pipe break turned the street into a river, which flooded the car.

The fountain, which rises from the place of the breakout reached 50 feet, and his strength was such that with the uprooted tree.

In Brooklyn the street turned into a river: residents evacuated (video)

As reported by NBC New York, at least, two houses were evacuated about five o’clock in the morning, as the water began to leak into the building. A local flood was raging in the area for three hours, and only about 9 o’clock in the morning the water pressure began to weaken.

«We woke up before dawn because of the noise. Thought it was rain,» — said the locals.

Westbound Pacific Street between Troy and Kingston avenues blocked. Maintenance workers on cards trying to find which valve controls the pipe to fix the leak and repair the pipe.

Massive water main break has evacuated resident, Albany Ave and Pacific St in Crown Heights. Water spewing above buildings. #abc7NY pic.twitter.com/N6AmWJoUh3

— Derick Waller ABC7NY (@wallerABC7) November 2, 2017

According to preliminary data, nobody was injured, and evacuated residents have returned to their apartments, but the scene was spotted by volunteers of the red cross.

We will remind, recently in Staten island scored from the land of the fountain of hot water. He was so huge that filled the roof of a neighboring house.

We just moved to the other side of that massive water main break in Crown Heights. Albany Avenue at Pacific Street #ABC7NY pic.twitter.com/BlggwXTsw2

— Derick Waller ABC7NY (@wallerABC7) November 2, 2017

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