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CBS Boston reported the pipe burst near Tsiremont Street and Northampton Street just before 4 a.m. on Monday. Tremont Street between Massachusetts Avenue and Northampton Street is closed as crews work to clean up the damage., Boston Police said.
The water carved out a sinkhole beneath that intersection and caused the asphalt to collapse and take down a parked 2022 Subaru. Owner Sarah Donner said she heard a loud noise and then looked to see her year-old car beneath the asphalt.
“I was about to leave the house, and I just opened the door to the balcony in my apartment building to get some air, and I noticed this sort of noise below, looked down, and was like, ‘Oh my God,'” she told NBC Boston. “... Definitely not something I expected to see obviously first thing waking up, pre-coffee."
Stephany Perez told WCVB that several inches of water flooded her apartment.
"When I got up off the sofa, it was nothing but water everywhere," Perez said. "I’m pretty sure once it dries out, it’s going to have a stench, and there’s dirt in the water. So it’s not any good."
Tremont Street between Massachusetts Avenue and Northampton Street is closed as crews work to clean up the damage, Boston Police said.
Dolores Randolph of Boston Water and Sewer told CBS Boston that the burst water main released "a significant amount of water over a short period of time."
“We have about 30 to 40 breaks a year,” Dolores Randolph of Boston Water and Sewer told WBZ. “That is well above the national standard for this region, but we take any break seriously, and we’re certainly working hard on trying to get the repairs done as quickly as possible.”
Another water main exploded on Saturday near Boston Commons and sent thousands of gallons of water out before crews could cap it.
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