Water flooded eight properties after a vehicle struck a fire hydrant on Vine Street Monday morning.
Saugus Fire Chief Mike Newbury that the vehicle crashed at around 8:30 a.m. and broke a water main, which caused major flooding with damage to several homes and yards in the vicinity.
Four of the homes experienced significant flooding, Newbury said. Firefighters and Saugus Emergency Management pumped out a few basements.
The Department of Public Works isolated the leak and repaired it with Agganis Construction, Newbury said.
Water impacted a large tree that posed a risk to falling on a home, Newbury said. The Forestry Department took the tree down.