A water main break on Westminster Street in Worcester early this morning created a giant sink hole that for a time gushed water and flooded the neighborhood.
WORCESTER — A water main break on Westminster Street in Worcester early this morning created a giant sink hole that for a time gushed water and flooded the neighborhood.
The Worcester Department of Public Works & Parks reported at 7 a.m. it did not yet have an estimate as to when the break would be repaired.
“We got it shut down. We’re up there working on it,” a spokesman said.
Freelance news photographer Matthew Gregoire tweeted several photos and videos of the geiser early this morning.
Massive sink hole on Westminster St. Thousands of gallons of water gushing out #fox25 @fox25news pic.twitter.com/4yldblbliN
— Matthew Gregoire (@BreakngNewsPhtg) August 17, 2015
Water still gushing out of this massive sinkhole in Worcester pic.twitter.com/D3UnuxmCcF
— Matthew Gregoire (@BreakngNewsPhtg) August 17, 2015
Vehicles being flooded by the massive water main break in Worcester #fox25 @fox25news pic.twitter.com/SlKfy1GQ6y
— Matthew Gregoire (@BreakngNewsPhtg) August 17, 2015
Source: MassLive Worcester http://masslive.com/news/worcester
