A burst water main flooded several streets in York on Sunday night and caused what Yorkshire Water described as "significant damage" to the road surface. Salisbury Terrace remains closed while repairs continue to the 21in (53cm) diameter pipe and the damaged road.
The Jubilee pub, which is currently being developed into flats, had its basement flooded and needed the water pumped out by North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service. The force of the water from the main damaged the tarmac and washed away the material below.
Developer Stuart Stagg said:
"I heard a big bang and then I came out and it's like we were already flooded."He expected initial repairs to cost seven to eight thousand pounds on top of any deeper repairs to the basement and building foundations, which he said Yorkshire Water would pay for.
"Everything happened so fast, it just started flooding in so quickly,"he added.
"Within 10 minutes I had 15 kids up on the scaffolding.
The other flooded premises was the home of Valerie Turbot, who lives adjacent to where the road collapsed.
"I was sat in the back of the house watching TV and I walked through to the front door and I was paddling in water,"she said.
"I'll need a new floor, wooden floor, because you can't open the door, the wood side's swollen, the floorboards, and I don't know what the joists would be like."She had last had similar replacements done following the River Ouse flood in 1978, which affected 225 houses.
Yorkshire Water said people could still access the road via Lincoln Street and temporary access to Balfour Street, which also flooded on Sunday night, had been set up via Swinerton Avenue. North Yorkshire Police and North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service (NYFRS) crews also attended the scene at about 19:30 BST on Sunday.
The flood had affected Balfour Street and two premises, they added. A spokesperson for Yorkshire Water said:
"We're working to get everything back to normal as soon as possible."
