And finally…drama on Dundee street caused by a bit of a geyser
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A Dundee street was left without water and awash with mud, stones and debris at the weekend after a burst main caused a dramatic fountain to shoot several feet into the air following work carried out by Scottish Water.
The burst water main, which residents described as a geyser, caused a “torrent” to wash down Thurso Crescent in the Menzieshill area of the city as gallons of water jetted into the air.
Lindsay Smith, who lives on the street said, the pipe erupted shortly after workers from Scottish Water were carrying out work on Saturday.
Speaking to the local Evening Telegrapgh newspaper, the 45-year-old said: “They finished up mid afternoon to return another time — around 4pm my wife looked out the window to see a torrent of mud flowing rapidly down the street.
“Upon further investigation she went to the end on the path, looked further up the street and to her amazement there was a fountain of water, mud, stones and other debris shooting skywards from a Scottish Water excavation area.”
Along with the water stones described to be as big as one pence pieces shot from the hole in the ground and landed on residents cars.
Ms Smith said workers for Scottish Water eventually showed up to tap off the stream after an hour.
The whole street were left without water until around 8pm.
“They must have cracked a pipe with the excavator or one of their tools when they were working on the site in the morning,” he added.
“When they left the pressure must have built up and caused it to shoot so far up into the air.
“We went out at about 4.40pm and it showed no signs of slowing down and at that time no worker were in sight to stop it.
“I did shout out a couple of times to alert folk which did appear to work as within minutes there were a group of bystanders filming and taking pictures of the unusual spectacle happening on our doorstep.
“I didn’t call Scottish Water myself because I heard that plenty of other residents were on the phone to them to get the situation sorted out.
“It must have been around 5.30pm before the water had stopped — a lot of houses in the street were left without water for quite a while.
“We eventually got running water back in the house at around 8pm that night.”
Scottish Water has not offered comment on the incident.
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