Fire Engine in the Hole A Los Angeles fire engine has been swallowed by a huge sinkhole caused by a new water main break in the San Fernando Valley. As the 42,000-pound engine was reversing, the roadway swallowed the vehicle nose-first. The break is only a few blocks from where a 64-inch steel water main broke Sunday, flooding a section of an LA neighborhood and washing away an important thoroughfare. (photo courtesy of KTLA)A fire truck on its way to the site of a water main break fell into a sinkhole Tuesday morning in Valley Village.
The truck's cab was submerged, but the crew members were able to escape before the truck fell into the hole.
A tow truck arrived at about 7 a.m. At about 12:30 p.m., crews pulled the vehicle from the hole.
City fire units and Department of Water and Power repair crews were at the scene of the water main break Tuesday morning. The water main gushed water near the intersection of Hartsook Street and Bellingham Avenue, located east of Laurel Canyon Boulevard and south of Magnolia Boulevard in North Hollywood, according to city fire Capt. Rick McClure.
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