BOSTON (WHDH) - A water main break is disrupting some travel in Boston.
The break happened on Tremont Street between Camden and Northampton Streets just after 5 a.m.
“It’s an older pipe, and somehow there was a small fracture in the pipe,” said Stephen Mulloney of the Boston Water and Sewer Commission. “A big chunk of it blew and we have what you see here now.”
Damage was left behind on the sidewalk and the street.
One car even fell into the hole left behind.
“There are so many factors that go into it,” Mulloney said. “It could be the vibrations from the street over the years, it could be the soil composition over in the South End, which is partially fill. Age is certainly a factor.”
Police blocked the area off from traffic.
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