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UPDATE: Broken Water Main Floods Garage, Street
Cars were flooded in an underground parking garage on Westbourne Drive.
A water main break at 825 Westbourne Drive flooded an underground parking garage at about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, a Los Angeles County Fire Department dispatcher said.
Several vehicles parked in the garage were swamped. County fire department crews responded to the scene to halt the water flow. The water was shut off by 4:30 a.m.
The break impacted 20 "multi-family residences," according to Jane Galbraith of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. who said crews expected to have service restored by early afternoon.
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Department of Water and Power workers on the scene said that a new water pipe has been put in place and the construction should be completed by day's end.
The cause of the water main break was under investigation.
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—City News Service contributed to this report.
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