Dozens of motorists are trapped in their cars in 4ft deluge after a water pipe bursts in London street - as police stop residents returning home over fears they may be ELECTROCUTED if they step in the water???

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Dozens of motorists are trapped in their cars in 4ft deluge after a water pipe bursts in London street - as police stop residents returning home over fears they may be ELECTROCUTED if they step in the water....

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Dozens of people were trapped in cars and restaurants after a water pipe burst in Hammersmith, westLondon, earlier this evening.

Police were preventing residents living on the flooded street from entering their homes because of the risk of electrocution.

Photos and footage from the scene show that the area on Kings Street, near Ravenscourt Park tube station, was completely flooded, with water rising up to nine inches above the ground.

A spokesman for the London Fire Brigade said there were 35 firefighters and officers in the area, and that seven people were evacuated from their homes.......

Read to more at.........
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5318275/Hammersmith-street-flooded-burst-sewage-pipe.html

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This must be very scary.