Kate larsen joins us with the very latest. Reporter actually just spoke to a worker with the city of hayward who tells me that they have cut out the broken piece of pipe, a 12inch water main break here around 10 00, 11 00 there morning, theyre actually waiting for the connector parts to arrive on the scene before they can patch the pipe and fill in the hole. You can see the ground is caked in mud. Earlier in the day, there was a foot or two of water in here. We have a video that shows a rush of water and mud coming down the hill, this is highland boulevard right off mission boulevard. It really hurt about three homes here and of course took out the Water Service to many homes here in the neighborhood. The city of hayward Maintenance Manager says pipe that broke is from 1956. Three homes were damaged and also a number of cars, six cars had to be towed from around the hole. One of which a neighbor said was actually teetering inside the sink hole. We go out and theres a car stuck under th
The city of hayward Maintenance Manager says that the pipe that broke is from 1956. Three homes were damaged and also a number of cars, six cars had to be towed from around the hole. One of which a neighbor said was actually teetering inside the sink hole. We go out and theres a car stuck under the hole. And we go out and saw a lot of water going down. Our garage is flooded, our house is covered in water. It will be an opportunity for everyone impacted by this file a cla im and the company will make them whole. Reporter pg e crews are all here many of them because its not just about the water main, theres actually a gas line in the exact same area, so the p grg e crews are making sure that none of the debris lands on that and damages that. By 8 00, they hope to have all the water restored to this neighborhood. And theyll have to back fill that hole on monday. So well keep you posted throughout the night tomorrow. Im kate larsen, abc7 news, back to you. Sick people were injured in Sonom