Claire Miller
Water main break at Canary Square, Friday, Sept. 9, 2016.
UPDATE: We found out what caused the massive flooding.
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An apparent overnight water main break on Centre Street sent rivers of water cascading into one of Jamaica Plain's main thoroughfares late Friday night.
The flood, which appears to have started sometime after 11 p.m. near the intersection with South Huntington Avenue where work crews had been active well into the evening, led to a series of posts, photos and videos shared on social media, as well as reports of low water pressure in residents' homes Saturday morning.
Jamaica Plain News has a call in to the Boston Water and Sewer Commission. We'll update this story when we hear more from the agency.
Check out this video posted on Facebook by Donrick Pond:
Water main break in JP on Centre Street/Huntington Ave at 12:30am
Posted by Donrick Pond on Friday, September 9, 2016
center st, jamaica plains, boston water main break. #boston #jp #bpd and #bfd on the scene pic.twitter.com/NfV59ZQwHq
— Ben Seicol (@BenSeicol) September 10, 2016
A water main at Centre and South Huntington has busted open and is just GUSHING water, @universalhub: pic.twitter.com/9N9g2VI4kJ
— Margaret H. Willison (@MrsFridayNext) September 10, 2016
@universalhub so JP is flooding... pic.twitter.com/iM7XeihmcF
— Rob Cant (@robcant) September 10, 2016
@02130News @universalhub @BOSTON_WATER water main break affecting JP. Man answering phones at BWSC said "Half of JP has already called"
— Sarah Sahni (@sdsahni) September 10, 2016
@sdsahni Indeed, water main break. Centre closed between Boylston & Paul Gore. And here, dirty dishes in the sink. @universalhub @02130News
— James Noonan (@_jmnoonan) September 10, 2016