Saskatoon's 8th Street reopens after water main break
CBC News
Posted: Feb 10, 2013 8:54 AM CST
Last Updated: Feb 11, 2013 7:13 PM CST
City crews have managed to stop the flooding on 8th Street East in Saskatoon and reopen a stretch of road that was closed for most of Sunday morning.
Eastbound lanes on 8th Street East at Clarence Avenue and westbound lanes at Wiggins Avenue were closed because of a large amount of water from a water main break.
Police said there was flooding from the 1000 block to 1200 block of 8th Street East.
The water was coming from the basement of a house on the corner of Munroe Avenue. Power to the house was shut down and its occupants were evacuated because of the rising water levels.
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