Witnesses said water was gushing 10 metres high at the corner of Rene-Levesque Boulevard and de Lorimier Avenuein
A break in a major underground water main near Montreal ’s Jacques Cartier Bridge sent water gushing down streets and inside homes on Friday morning, forcing the evacuation of nearby buildings.
Images broadcast by media showed water gushing from the intersection in the densely populated neighbourhood near the bridge, and witnesses said that at its peak it was shooting 10 metres high. The source of the flooding is a pipe more than two metres in diameter installed in 1985, said officials, who explained the asphalt and concrete above the broken section of pipe will need to be excavated before they know how serious the problem is.But officials said that thanks to redundancies in the city’s network of 4,000 kilometres of pipes, there are no safety issues with drinking water in the flooded district.
Martin Guilbault, division chief of the Montreal fire department, said people should stay away from the flooded area until authorities give the green light to return.
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