Homes Flooded After Large Water Pipe Bursts Causing Sinkhole In Birmingham

Cars were partially submerged and stretches of road ruined.

@bbcwm avoid wheeler street, Newtown bursted water pipe pic.twitter.com/I5oaahzkow

— Zameer Younas (@Zameeryounas) July 7, 2018

Homes have been flooded and left without water on one of the hottest days of the year after a large pipe burst in Birmingham.

Cars were partially submerged and stretches of road ruined as rescue teams rushed to help vulnerable residents in Wheeler Street, Newtown, on Saturday morning.

Up to 100 homes are affected and there are no injuries, West Midlands Fire and Rescue said, adding it was called at around 8am.

People should avoid the area as crews work to make the area safe, the service added.

Wheeler Street Birmingham after a burst water main this morning #Birmingham pic.twitter.com/g71aQzOVVx

— Martyn John Wulfran (@thewulfran) July 7, 2018

Water levels dropped at around midday after the burst water main was found.

Severn Trent Water said it was “working hard” to restore supplies for all homes by Saturday afternoon.

The West Midlands Ambulance Service, meanwhile, tweeted about the successful rescue of a dog named Lola and her owner from their home.

HART Paramedics checked on a very grateful dog ‘Lola’ and owner who were rescued from their home on a @TechRescueWMFS boat after a water main burst in #wheelerstreet #hockley #Birmingham flooding their home

Thankfully no injuries sustained pic.twitter.com/haKqkSvkpg

— ☤ WMAS HART ☤ (@WMASHART) July 7, 2018

A spokesman for Severn Trent Water said: “Given that the burst pipe is 30in (76cm) in diameter, it might take us a little time to get everyone back on, and people might come back on in stages rather than all at once, but we’ll be working hard to achieve that.

“In the meantime, we’re delivering bottled water to our vulnerable customers.

“We know how difficult it is to have no water and we’re sorry for the inconvenience this may be causing.”

Great multi agency work in progress dealing with burst water main in Aston. Water has now been isolated. Now working to make area safe. @WMASHART @wmaskeithnevitt @WMPolice pic.twitter.com/gAW1Ol9GLE

— West Midlands Fire (@WestMidsFire) July 7, 2018

Quick video update from scene at flooding in Aston, Birmingham. pic.twitter.com/jkxngMQ5Ug

— West Midlands Fire (@WestMidsFire) July 7, 2018
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