This is the moment a burst water pipe wreaked havoc in a posh London neighbourhood on Saturday afternoon.
Dramatic footage shows a huge torrent of water, around twice the height of a double decker bus, drenching a busy street in Shepherd’s Bush, West London.
Cars and buses were seen wading through the water while pedestrians were soaked.
The water pipe burst on the busy A402 next to Shepherd’s Bush Green – a road that leads up to one of London’s busiest roundabouts.
Thames Water said it was ‘dealing with the incident’ but witnesses described it as going on for a ‘long time’ and being ‘hard to control’.
One passer-by told MailOnline: ‘I was soaked, I couldn’t believe it.
‘Cars were wading through it and it came over their wheel arches – it’s clearly been going on for a long time but they can’t get a grip of it.
‘Children are playing in the spray and e-scooters are speeding through it – if they’re not careful there’s going to be an accident.
‘It’s one of London’s busiest roundabouts so they’d better get a grip of it – and fast!’
This is the moment a burst water pipe wreaked havoc in a posh London neighbourhood on Saturday afternoon
Dramatic footage shows a huge torrent of water, around twice the height of a double decker bus, drenching a busy street in Shepherd’s Bush, West London
Cars and buses were seen wading through the water while pedestrians were soaked
The water pipe burst on the busy A402 next to Shepherd’s Bush Green – a road that leads up to one of London’s busiest roundabouts
A spokesperson for Thames Water said: ‘We’re currently on site dealing with a burst water pipe in Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12.
‘We’re doing everything we can to stem the large flow of water so we can fix the pipe as quickly as possible.
‘We’ve ordered specialist equipment needed in order to start the repairs which has caused a slight delay.
‘We apologise for any inconvenience or disruption this might have caused.’
It comes after five schools were forced to close and 40,000 homes were left without supplies following a burst pipe in Wales earlier this month.
The pipe burst at Bryn Cowlyd Water Treatment Work in Conwy in north Wales on January 15.
The water firm confirmed that only Conwy county had been impacted, after previously stating homes in some Denbighshire towns had also lost water.
Several schools and services were shut due to the incident, including five schools, two libraries in Llanrwst and Conwy, as well as Bordreinallt surgery.
Several Thames Water vehicles are seen at the scene of the burst water pipe on Saturday afternoon
Thames Water said it is ‘dealing with the incident’ but witnesses described it as going on for a ‘long time’ and being ‘hard to control’
Cars and buses were seen wading through the water while pedestrians were soaked
Conwy Valley local, Martin Edwards, 60, told MailOnline: ‘Bottled water could run out at the supermarkets.
‘People won’t just buy a few bottles they will buy more than what they need because they won’t be sure if the water will be on tomorrow morning.
‘The next thing you know, Aldi and Lidl will run out of water and there’s not a lot of other places to buy water in Llandudno.’
The Welshman said they had not received any correspondence from the water firm about bottled water collection – only two warning texts that the supply was impacted.
‘There is supposed to be a water bottle centre in Eirias Park in Colwyn Bay but that’s quite strange place to have it considering there is nothing for the Conwy Valley,’ he added: ‘That’s around 20 miles away!’
