Huge fountain

Water pipe burst in Hernals: roadway flooded

The water shot up several meters.(Bild: krone.at-Leserreporter)

A Viennese krone.at reader reporter captured some spectacular pictures with his cell phone camera on Saturday night. After a water pipe burst near the Hernalser Gürtel, a fountain of water several meters high appeared.

Within a very short time, the roads were under water. The immediately alerted fire department and the Wiener Wasser standby service were quickly on the scene and blocked the affected pipe.

According to reports, a water pipe had probably been drilled into during construction work.