Multiple major roadways in West Hollywood have been closed after a water main break at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Holloway Drive caused major flooding, damaging parked vehicles and rushing into apartments and homes in the trendy city.
The leak stems from a rupture in a 36-inch steel pipe that occurred around 2:30 a.m. Thursday, according to Anselmo Collins, chief operating officer at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Water was shut off in the area by around 7:30 a.m. local time after the water main break was first reported, according to the city of West Hollywood; the city’s Department of Public Works quickly deployed personnel to the scene. The city said it is now working with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and the Metropolitan Water District to determine next steps.
There is currently no timeline for water main repairs, the city said in a statement Thursday.
The ruptured water main is just below Sunset Boulevard, which runs toward the northern edge of the affluent Westside neighborhood, where the terrain inclines steadily from a relatively flat baseline near Santa Monica Boulevard to steep elevations moving northward, past the Sunset Strip and into the Hollywood Hills.
