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Burst water main closes Plymouth Sainsbury's supermarket Burst water main closes Plymouth Sainsbury's supermarket
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A supermarket has been closed after thousands of gallons of water from a burst main swamped the car park. A supermarket was closed after thousands of gallons of water from a burst main swamped the car park.
Police and fire crews from across the city are at the scene at Sainsbury's at Marsh Mills, Plymouth. Police and fire crews from across the city were called to attend Sainsbury's at Marsh Mills, Plymouth.
Store workers are using bags of cat litter to try to stop the flood-water from entering the supermarket. Store workers used bags of cat litter to try to stop the flood-water from entering the supermarket.
The Environment Agency said initial fears of sewage in the water had been dismissed. Engineers from South West Water are trying to fix the problem. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said there was no damage to the store and the water had since been pumped from the car park.
Pau Bray, incident commander from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, said they were making "good progress" in removing the water. The Environment Agency said initial fears of sewage in the water had been dismissed.
About 35 firefighters have attended the scene. About 35 firefighters attended the scene with the emergency services first called to the site at about 06:05 GMT.
Paul Bray, from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, said: "Teams are still moving debris and silt from the car park.
"At its peak the water was about half a metre deep.
"It would have taken a while to get sand bags there so using the cat litter bags was a good bit of improvisation to be honest."
South West Water said its contractors had isolated the burst and were working to complete the emergency repairs.South West Water said its contractors had isolated the burst and were working to complete the emergency repairs.
"A small number of customers' water supply were initially affected in the Crownhill and Efford areas of Plymouth, however supplies have now been restored and South West Water would like to apologise to those customers who may now be experiencing discolouration to their water supply," it said."A small number of customers' water supply were initially affected in the Crownhill and Efford areas of Plymouth, however supplies have now been restored and South West Water would like to apologise to those customers who may now be experiencing discolouration to their water supply," it said.
The supermarket is expected to reopen later.The supermarket is expected to reopen later.