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Water main break floods out Wilkinsburg condominiums

The Westgate Condominium complex had 4-5 feet of water fill the first level Tuesday morning.

Water main break floods out Wilkinsburg condominiums

The Westgate Condominium complex had 4-5 feet of water fill the first level Tuesday morning.

INTO THOSE CONDOMINIUMS. WATER GUSHING DOWN THIS HILL, SPEWING INTO THE WEST GATE CONDOMINIUM WHERE NOAH CATHCART HAS ONLY CALLED HOME FOR A FEW WEEKS. BUT HAD EVERYTHING THAT MATTERED INSIDE DIED. I JUST MOVED EVERYTHING IN THERE AND I DIDN’T EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT. I HAD MY MOTHER’S ASHES IN THERE. THE VERY FEW PICTURES I HAVE LEFT OF MY PARENTS. THE WATER MAIN BREAK HAPPENED THIS MORNING ON SOUTH TRENTON AVENUE IN MORGANZA PARK, WHICH SITS UP ON THE HILL BEHIND THE COMPLEX. THE WILKINSBURG PENN JOINT WATER AUTHORITY SAYS THE BREAK WAS LIKELY DUE TO AN OLD PIPE. FIREFIGHTERS SAY ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE FEET OF WATER FLOWED DOWN INTO THE FIRST LEVEL OF THE CONDOMINIUM. CAN YOU GET IN? I CAN’T BECAUSE IT’S TOTALLY FLOODED, WHICH IS WHERE WE NEEDED. JACKSON’S DAUGHTER LIVES. VERY, VERY UPSETTING. SO WE’RE JUST I’M WAITING TO SEE HOW MUCH DAMAGE IS DONE TO HER APARTMENT. UNEXPECTED DAMAGE. NOW LEAVING SOME WITHOUT PRICELESS BELONGINGS. WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS. YEAH. I MEAN, I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE. I DON’T KNOW. HOPEFULLY THEY DO SOMETHING. THAT’S ALL I CAN SAY. AND WE BRING YOU BACK HERE. WE’RE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE WESTGATE CONDOMINIUM WHERE THAT WATER JUST POURED DOWN THAT HILL. THANKFULLY, THOUGH, WE DO KNOW FROM FIREFIGHTERS THAT THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED AND EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT SAFELY. FR
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Water main break floods out Wilkinsburg condominiums

The Westgate Condominium complex had 4-5 feet of water fill the first level Tuesday morning.

A water main break poured down a hill into the Westgate Condominium housing complex in Wilkinsburg on Tuesday morning. Apartments flooded: Watch the breaking news report in the video above."I went into that front door and saw that (water) was chest high, steps covered, and it was unreal. I couldn't believe it," said Noah Cathcart, who just moved in a few weeks ago on the first level of Westgate. "Everything I own, I just moved everything in there. I have my mother's ashes in there, the very few pictures I have left of my parents."The water main break happened on South Trenton Avenue, which sits up on a hill behind the complex. Firefighters told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that roughly four to five feet of water filled the first-level condos. The Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water Authority was on the scene standing by to fix the break and told Pittsburgh's Action News 4 they believe it happened due to an old pipe. "(The) water main break on Trenton blew the water all into these buildings," said Juanita Jackson, whose daughter lives on the first level of the complex. "Very, very upsetting. I'm waiting to see how much damage is done to her apartment." Firefighters said one resident had a cut on his hand, but it was minor, and there were no other injuries.

A water main break poured down a hill into the Westgate Condominium housing complex in Wilkinsburg on Tuesday morning.

Apartments flooded: Watch the breaking news report in the video above.

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"I went into that front door and saw that (water) was chest high, steps covered, and it was unreal. I couldn't believe it," said Noah Cathcart, who just moved in a few weeks ago on the first level of Westgate. "Everything I own, I just moved everything in there. I have my mother's ashes in there, the very few pictures I have left of my parents."

The water main break happened on South Trenton Avenue, which sits up on a hill behind the complex.

Firefighters told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that roughly four to five feet of water filled the first-level condos.

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The Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water Authority was on the scene standing by to fix the break and told Pittsburgh's Action News 4 they believe it happened due to an old pipe.

"(The) water main break on Trenton blew the water all into these buildings," said Juanita Jackson, whose daughter lives on the first level of the complex. "Very, very upsetting. I'm waiting to see how much damage is done to her apartment."

Firefighters said one resident had a cut on his hand, but it was minor, and there were no other injuries.