About 100 homes were flooded, and two families have asked to be relocated after an 84-inch-wide water pipe had broken on Friday, a city spokesperson said
A firefighter stands on a flooded street next to a geyser caused by a broken watermain in Montreal, Friday, August 16, 2024, causing flooding in several streets of the area.A break of a major water main pipe flooded streets and homes and prompted power interruptions in Montreal on Friday.fire department warned on X of major flooding around the intersection of Sainte-Catherine Est Street & de Lorimier Avenue, near the Jacques-Cartier bridge early Friday morning.
Earlier on X, Ms. Plante said workers were mobilized to “identify the cause, close the valves and plan repairs.” She said the Red Cross would take care of the people affected by the disruption and that the Ville-Marie borough council chamber was opened to them as well. Montreal police said on X that there were major traffic disruptions in the area between De Maisonneuve boul., Notre-Dame Street, Frontenac Street and Alexandre-DeSève Street.An 84-inch-wide water pipe had broken, causing a geyser-like burst of water to flood the area, Montreal mayor Valérie Plante said Friday.. Most of them were concentrated in the same area near the Jacques-Cartier bridge to protect public safety, the public utility corporation said on its website.
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