Multiple homes flooded after water pipe bursts in southern Sydney

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Crews have isolated a mains water pipe which burst in Sydney’s south but not before a massive amount of water gushed from the 1.5 metre pipeline in Como causing flooding and damage to nearby properties.

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00:00Residents in Como this afternoon received an unwelcome shower when a major pipeline

00:07burst its seal just after 2pm this afternoon.

00:11Several homes were damaged by the extreme flows of water that were coming out of the

00:15pipe.

00:16Aerial footage captures the water bursting through fences and even through windows into

00:22people's properties.

00:24When we arrived on scene here we spoke with a number of locals and here's what they had

00:28to say about that water coming into their homes.

00:31Yeah it was a big jet of water and just our house in between sort of thing so a bit unfortunate

00:37but that's what happens.

00:39We're only just talking about water pipes in Como and what would happen if one burst

00:43a few days ago, sort of thinking of worst case scenario and now we've seen a little

00:47bit of the might of that water flushing up there thinking it would go downhill and no

00:53worries we live up a hill, apparently that doesn't save you.

00:56Most of the back half of the house I think will have a fair bit of water damage, a couple

00:59of bedrooms out the back, it's all carpeted and fibro, gyprock on the walls and paint

01:06and all our beds under the window, there's beds on the other side so I don't think we'll

01:11be sleeping here tonight, put it that way.

01:13It's not the first time there's been an issue with this pipeline, network technicians for

01:18Sydney Water were out assessing this pipe behind me when it burst its seal so locals

01:25around this area say that it is an ageing infrastructure, the water in this region

01:30and when we spoke to them they said that many of them may have to spend the night away from

01:37their homes as things dry out here.

01:39Sydney Water put out a statement in the afternoon and said that their technicians had been able

01:44to re-divert the main pipe water and they're working to resolve the issue.

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