Water Main Burst Near Wangsimni Station, Seoul... Repaired After 8 Hours
About 8 Hours Water Supply Cut Measures
A water pipe near Wangsimni Station in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, burst, cutting off tap water supply to nearby homes for about 8 hours.
According to Seongdong-gu Office on the 14th, a leak occurred in a buried water pipe near the Wangsimni Station five-way intersection around 8 a.m., flooding some roads and sidewalks.
The Eastern Waterworks Office of the Seoul Metropolitan Waterworks Headquarters shut off the water supply around 8:30 a.m. and began emergency repair work, restoring the tap water supply to normal around 4:40 p.m.
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Seongdong-gu Office identified that equipment from the nearby Dongbuk Line urban railway construction site struck the water pipe, causing the rupture.
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