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The water main burst and flooded the street.
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Roberts said the fire highlights the importance of replacing aging water pipes, as the pressure from fighting the fire caused water main breaks across from the magnesium plant and another break on 139th Street.
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Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
Vehicles frozen shut after water main break floods southwest Detroit
Crews in southwest Detroit were working to free cars from ice holding them in place after floodwaters froze amid a blast of Arctic air this week.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
At the same time, Duggan said, a city water main was breached at nearly the same location, and a gas line ruptured as well.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2025
In Milwaukee’s East Side on Tuesday, voters were supposed to be braving the cold to choose a new alderman, but next to the Firehouse Station 6 polling site, a water main broke after frost penetrated it, blocking off access.
—Nazaneen Ghaffar, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
Vehicles frozen shut after water main break floods southwest Detroit
Crews in southwest Detroit were working to free cars from ice holding them in place after floodwaters froze amid a blast of Arctic air this week.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
At the same time, Duggan said, a city water main was breached at nearly the same location, and a gas line ruptured as well.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2025
In Milwaukee’s East Side on Tuesday, voters were supposed to be braving the cold to choose a new alderman, but next to the Firehouse Station 6 polling site, a water main broke after frost penetrated it, blocking off access.
—Nazaneen Ghaffar, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Water main.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20main. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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