Main break floods West Side street

A NORTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS MORE LIKE A WATER PARK RIGHT NOW. A WATER MAIN BR...  More »

A NORTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS MORE LIKE A WATER PARK RIGHT NOW. A WATER MAIN BREAK HAS SENT THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF WATER RUSHING DOWN THE STREETS. CREWS HAVE SPENT HOURS TRYING TO TURN THE WATER OFF. JEFF MAHER IS LIVE NEAR UNSER AND MONTANO WITH A LOOK. JEFF? THESE STREETS WERE INSTANTLY TURNED INTO RIVERS WHEN THAT WATER MAIN BROKE EARLY THIS MORNING. RIGHT NOW ?? OF HOMES ARE WITHOUT WATER. CREWS HAVE SPENT THE ENTIRE DAY TRYING TO GET IT ALL UNDER CONTROL. IT BROKE AROUND SIX THIS MORNING. WATER SHOT UP FROM THE GROUND NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF LAMAR AVENUE AND CARRICK STREET NORTHWEST. NEIGHBORS IMMEDIATELY REALIZED HOW SERIOUS IT WAS - AND STARTED COLLECTING WATER IN BUCKETS IN CASE THEY'RE WITHOUT WATER SERVICE TOMORROW. MEANWHILE, KIDS ALSO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT IN THEIR OWN WAY - GETTING OUT THEIR SWIM SUITS AND SLEDS, NOT AFRAID TO GET SOAKED. WORKERS SAY THE REPAIRS WILL TAKE HOURS - AT LEAST. WORKERS TELL US FIRST THEY HAD TO TURN OFF THE VALVE, AND THEN EXPOSE THE PIPE TO SEE WHAT KIND OF VALVE, AND THEN  « Less