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Broken Fire Hydrant Floods Residential Street Saturday Night
Alameda County Fire Department responded to the rupture, which caused a geyser 25 feet high to spout on Montreal Street.
On Saturday night residents near the corner of Montreal Street and London Avenue in San Leandro were kept awake by a ruptured fire hydrant.
The Alameda County Fire Department responded to the scene to shut off the valve to the hydrant, which had caused an estimated 25-foot-high geyser that was flooding the roadway.
Witnesses say they believe a car that ran into the hydrant.
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Thanks to San Leandro resident and professional photographer Raul Alvarez for the photos, which he snapped at about 10:30 p.m.
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