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| UK heatwave: Burst water pipe in Tooting in south London sends stream 50ft into the air | |
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| Any Londoner who is feeling the misery of the hottest July day since records began might think to pop down to this south London street. | Any Londoner who is feeling the misery of the hottest July day since records began might think to pop down to this south London street. |
| Engineers were called to reports of a burst water pipe in Mitcham Lane in Tooting, south west London which was flooding the road Wednesday morning. | Engineers were called to reports of a burst water pipe in Mitcham Lane in Tooting, south west London which was flooding the road Wednesday morning. |
| As temperatures soared to 34C in the capital on, Miklos Kiss tweeted this picture of a jet of water shooting up into the air. | |
| The subsequent flooding caused chaos for commuters in the area with witnesses taking to Twitter to tell people to avoid the area. One woman, Sian Rowland, tweeted: | The subsequent flooding caused chaos for commuters in the area with witnesses taking to Twitter to tell people to avoid the area. One woman, Sian Rowland, tweeted: |
| Impromptu water feature in Mitcham Lane. Avoid the area it's chaos! #furzedown #tooting #streatham pic.twitter.com/T62OiTR69m | Impromptu water feature in Mitcham Lane. Avoid the area it's chaos! #furzedown #tooting #streatham pic.twitter.com/T62OiTR69m |
| In a statement to the Standard, a spokesperson for Thames Water: “We know this is the perfect day for a new water feature however we’re sending out an engineer to see what’s happened and to try and get the water under control as soon as possible." | In a statement to the Standard, a spokesperson for Thames Water: “We know this is the perfect day for a new water feature however we’re sending out an engineer to see what’s happened and to try and get the water under control as soon as possible." |