Several postcodes in south east London have been flooded after a burst pipe left nearly 1,000 homes without water. Thames Water said as a result of this, 900 homes throughout he Greenwich and Lewisham borough have also been left with no water or are experiencing extremely low pressure in their taps. The chaos was triggered after a large pipe burst on Eltham Road earlier today. Emergency services rushed to Lee Green in south east London at 4.38am after the burst pipe wreaked havoc.
The incident has affected homes across seven different postcodes – SE3, SE7, SE9, SE10, SE12, SE13 and SE15.
Thames Water said this morning the flow from the damaged section of Eltham road had been cut off as they worked on the problem.
People were also advised to avoid the heavily flooded areas.
Around 70 firefighters have taken to boats to evacuate impacted residents, with six homes flooded by 20cm of water.
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