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  • Water main breaks in South Los Angeles, submerging streets and cars and spurring evacuations

    12/24/2018 3:39:08 PM PST · by CondoleezzaProtege · 40 replies
    LA Times ^ | Dec 21, 2018 | A. Reyes-Filarde, H. Fry
    A 96-year-old water main burst in a South Los Angeles neighborhood Friday, sending water bubbling up above the pavement, flooding streets and creating a void that submerged cars. It took the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power more than four hours to fully shut off the 24-inch cast iron main as water inundated the neighborhood at 55th Street and Towne Avenue. About 30 adults and 20 children were displaced from their homes; the Fred Roberts Recreation Center was set up as a temporary shelter. LADWP is covering the cost of hotel stays for some affected residents while crews do...