Fort Worth water main break damages homes

FORT WORTH, Texas - Several homes in an East Fort Worth neighborhood were flooded, and others are facing water restrictions after a water main break.

According to the city of Fort Worth, a telecommunications crew hit a 33-inch concrete water line while digging near Trinity Boulevard on Monday morning. 

That put a hole in the line and sent a large amount of water gushing into the air. 

Crews were able to turn off the water in the neighborhood two hours later.

But it wasn’t before Susie Clark and several of her neighbors’ homes were flooded. 

She told FOX 4 she will need to replace just about everything in her home after living there for 23 years.

"Everything in this house is damaged. It’s going to have to be replaced except for my wonderful antiques of my mom’s and grandmother’s. So, God was looking over for me, and I’m thankful. But I’m devastated. I’m looking at months of repairs, months," she said.

A Fort Worth resident who only wants to go by C.K. shared cell phone video she recorded at the height of the chaos.

Now she's dealing with water damage and having to relocate.

"I’m an educator right now. I need to be with my students and I can’t because I’m handling this," she said. "Right now, we’re having to pack everything in the house. The restoration people, they’re having to pack up all the furniture and everything, get that all moved out. They tore up the baseboards so they can start working on drying out the walls."

Fort Worth officials say the line is now repaired, but site restoration work will continue into Wednesday.

"The city has been provided the insurance information from that contractor, and we’ve provided that to our risk management group in the city and that’s who these customers will actually be dealing with now," said Mary Gugliuzza with Fort Worth Water.

Residents in Hurst were also affected, with some having low water pressure for a period of time.