Water Main Break Floods South LA Streets

The break was blamed on a broken 4-inch cast iron water main installed in 1924

Some 75 homes were without water for much of Friday after an 80-year water pipe busted under a street in South Los Angeles.

DWP crews expected to have the line repaired by Friday evening. A water main broke and flooded a residential intersection after 5 a.m. at 59th and Hoover streets.

There was no reports of property damage, but the DWP is investigating.

The intersection was closed until crews can determine the extent of the damage.

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