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Water main break turns streets into rapids, requires rescues

Water main break turns streets into rapids, requires rescues | iNFOnews.ca
After a break in a 24-inch water main, Alexis Beck, of Castle Shannon, loads her purchase of water into her car, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, at the Giant Eagle grocery store along Route 88 in Bethel Park, Pa. Beck said that she got water for her family and neighbors She said they were advised to boil what water they got from the tap. A massive water main break in Pittsburgh prompted the rescue of several people and pets, led to school closings and sent a torrent of water careening down streets, looking like river rapids.(Darrell Sapp/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

Pittsburgh is cleaning up after a massive water main break turned streets into river rapids, required the rescue of people and pets, and closed schools.

Pittsburgh Public Schools announced the closure of at least 10 schools Friday because of limited access to water in buildings. Schools in Mount Lebanon and Brentwood Borough were also closed.

Pittsburgh police say that a 24-inch (61-centimetre) main broke in the morning and that three people were rescued from two homes.

Wendy Gitzen was among the rescued. She says the rushing waters moved her car and a shed about 30 feet (9 metres) away from the house.

Police say the break was closed around 11:30 a.m., after about six hours.

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