Water gushes from burst fire hydrantpublished at 11:43 British Summer Time 1 July 2019
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
Water gushing from a fire hydrant in Winchester Street, Nottingham, disrupted the water supply for some residents this morning.
It even created a rainbow!
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A spokesman for Severn Trent said their engineers are on the scene to fix the problem and had closed the fire hydrant to stop the water from leaking.
He apologised to customers who had experienced disruption.