The residents in the southwest of Detroit were forced from their homes and sent to the hotels after the explosion of the water pipeline, and they flooded the neighborhoods before freezing the flash, which damaged nearly 400 homes and left frozen and non -operating snow.
The crews had to use inflatable boats to get deep knee water with a rescue of about 200 people and 12 pets. They are now dug about the site where the main transportation explodes, and an alternative was requested to a 3.7 -meter pipe that is removed and should be at the site within one day, according to the Great Lake Water Authority. Main Main will not return to service for at least two weeks.
The flood began on Monday around 2 am, when 54 -inch (1.4 meters), which was built around 1930, exploded at about 1930, suddenly. I have sent the torrents of water wandering in all directions from a permanent mode hole. More than 90 people had to help from their homes.
Some of them were transferred by firefighters through the dean water in the rubber rolls. At least several reached safety in the front construction vehicle bucket.
Officials are still trying to determine the cause of the huge tube explosion. The temperatures were much lower than freezing at the time of fracture, water and ice were a depth of up to 1.5 meters in some areas.
“The exact cause is unknown, but most likely is a mixture of aging infrastructure and freezing temperatures,” City spokesman John Roche said In a statement.
Detroit will use the money from the water, sanitation and water authority department to pay the price of hotel and food rooms for the displaced residents. Detroit Dogan mayor said that he would be suitable and paid the price of unused damage to the ovens and hot water heaters, as well as cleaning the lower floors.
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“If you don’t have strength, you will not have heat, and you do not have water, so don’t have to stay in your home,” Dogan said on Monday. “We will come to you to a good hotel room.”
“There are very few houses that do not contain water,” Dogan said at a press conference at the police headquarters. “Most of the main breaks of the water … are a small break on the main line of the water and see a complete mass that decreases. This did not happen here. This was a major transmission line. The lines were, except for three blocks today, are still intact.”
“This problem will not be the restoration of water, so the issue of the speedy replacement of ovens will be.”
The water decreased later on Monday morning after a break and the water flow stopped. By Tuesday, there were 72 homes without electricity, 190 cellar floods and 174 homes left without heat.
Many snow -covered compounds were stuck in water to wheelbar or engine covers until the water was finally drained. The bottom of their tires were covered with ice on Wednesday and freezing to the sidewalk.
The crews are expected to start removing some houses that were not severely affected on Thursday, according to the Brown neighbor, Director of the Ministry of Water in the city.
“We have a team of people who are used to doing this type of work and we will see the success of these houses very quickly,” said Brown.
“The main thing is to restore homes so that people can live in them again.” “Let’s get the ovens, the hot water tanks are cleansed and cleaned so that people can return to them. This is the stage where we are now.”
On Wednesday, the southwestern public health was issued Boiling water consultant For all Southwold water supply users as a precaution due to a watermelon, which may lead to the appearance of siphon and the potential presence of bacteria in the water. “
Doctor. Ninh Tran, a health official in health, recommends all Southwold water supply users to bring to boiling water, “consulting reading.
With most vehicles in the frozen area in place, the residents are encouraged to use Uber to ride free horse to reach work and to work and to obtain basics such as groceries, but horseback rides must be requested through the city by calling the hotline hotline, According to Detroit news. The emergency line can also be used if the residents need a place to stay and if they need ovens or water heaters.
–With files from the Associated Press
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