The rupture of a pipe leaves several neighborhoods in the center of Madrid without water: "Embajadores street looked like a river"

The rupture of a pipe in a gallery of the Ronda de Toledo has turned some of the streets of the capital into channels through which thousands of liters of water descended without control on the afternoon of this Thursday.

The incident, which occurred around 2:00 p.m.,

in different neighborhoods such as La Latina, Acacias or Lavapiés without water.

Some people from Madrid showed the result of this mishap on social networks, immortalizing it

.

"This is how the water went down Soria street to Acacias a few minutes ago," said Antonio, attaching images of the flood.

Alba, a neighbor of Acacias, has pointed out to this newspaper that "at this moment many residents are without electricity or water."

"Embajadores street looked like a river... I was taking a shower and

," she says, scared, because, according to what she says, "the Channel has told me that thanks to that it hasn't exploded. the boiler...".

The spectacular break has also affected

, where there have been floods in the basement of the building.

From the moment of the incident, the City Council firefighters have been

, including, in addition to public roads, the garage of a nearby supermarket and the Embajadores, Acacias and Pirámides Metro stations, although these

When asked by this newspaper, from the Canal de Isabel II they point out that there are already operators coordinating with the firefighters "

", but "they have not yet been able to do so due to the complexity of the operation in the area in which it has occurred ".

"Since the pipes are inside a gallery, it is more difficult to enter to close the valves," they specify.

This mishap, they add from the Canal, has left Madrid residents affected

in the districts of Arganzuela, Centro, Retiro and Puente de Vallecas.

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