A crack in a 6-foot-wide water main swamped a great part of this Baltimore suburb Friday, washing away part of a road, flooding cars and trapping some inhabitants in their homes.
Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith said the water at the stature of flooding was knee- to -chest-deep in some places and spoiled homes and cars. No injuries or therapeutic emergencies were reported, although crews did rescue numerous people.
“The only citizens who had to be rescued were those who went in the water,” Smith said.
Baltimore City public works crews blocked the flood to the break, which occurred about 4:30 p.m., about two hours later on, said Don Mohler, a spokesperson for Smith. By 8:30 p.m., the water had dropped to a highest of 6 to 8 inches, Smith said.
Baltimore County issued a declaration late Friday saying as many as 100 homes become visible to have suffered vault flooding and two people were transported to a hospital with slight complaints.
Fire and public works crews were going door to door pumping basements; inhabitants in areas where the flooding has receded were being permitted into their homes although some areas still were under several inches of water. The water main rupture also shattered a huge section of Broening Highway and the area nearby the spoiled will be closed to traffic, the declaration said.
David Scott, director of the Baltimore City Department of Public Works, said the pre-stressed material main was installed in the 1970s and would have to be shattered, excavated and examined before the reason of the break could be determined.
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Dundalk Flooding
