Water main break causes flooding and sewage problems, Roseville CA


A major water main break near Main and Fremont streets caused widespread flooding on the streets and in about 10 to 20 residential basements. The storm drains were overwhelmed and could not handle the water flow. There were also reports of sewage leaks and water affecting electrical transformers in the area. Emergency crews were dispatched to assess and manage the situation, with efforts to clear drains and locate the source of the leak.
Audio|Source: Roseville Police and Fire
07:10
Transcript:
00:00
So the water main break is near Main and Fremont.
00:03
The storm drains are not keeping up with the water coming out of the street.
00:07
So B1 is asking if you could walk the Leo north from near Main and see if you can unclog any storm drains?
00:14
Battalion 2.
00:15
Respond to residential flooding.
00:17
Near Main Street.
00:19
Cross streets are Bittner Street.
00:20
The Yeho Avenue and Valley, F.
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2. C2F2.
00:23
Rosa 5 from Italian, on track.
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147-97. Battalion, go ahead.
00:27
Cut.
00:28
I'm going to go ahead and take Incident Command's.
00:30
Incident Command Post is going to be in front of 811 Main Street at the intersection of Main and Fremont.
00:36
And I know that PD sergeant is going to kind of meet me over here.
00:39
We'll start unify command.
00:40
And can you notify Battalion 2? I want him to go check out how far north this goes at Grove, from Grove, Vallejo, and Fremont.
00:52
And give me a report on conditions.
00:53
I'm sorry. What's that you all you're on? Chuck on.
00:54
Go ahead. The Army, one on time.
00:56
Okay, when truck one's just clearing Kaiser, do you need this out there?
00:59
Yeah, a firm.
01:00
Go ahead and assign yourself.
01:02
We're going to need resources here.
01:04
I see trucking.
01:05
Go ahead. Truck 1. Respond to residential flooding.
01:08
Near Main Street.
01:10
Cross streets are Bittner Street, Vallejo Avenue and Alwick, Fremont Avenue.
01:15
C2F2. From Main to Grove on Vallejo, we don't see any drains.
01:20
We're on Grove now that's a block of Grove and it's up on foundation.
01:23
You see one drainage, we're going to try to clear, but there's not a lot of drainage in this area.
01:28
Copy, do what you can, and let me know the conditions up there.
01:31
We've got reports of the water affecting transformers as well as some sewage issues.
01:36
So let me know, we get eyes on it for me.
01:38
Thank you. Rose fire from the time one.
01:40
It's done until 42.
01:41
Could we go from Mayfair and 6th.
01:43
Roseville fire from the turning one.
01:48
Roseville fire from the turning one.
01:50
Battalion, go ahead.
01:52
611RP said she heard it in front of her house near Mayfair.
01:55
We'll just check it by there one time before we clear.
01:57
6.1.
01:58
Yeah, can you contact the water department again and see if they can get additional resources out here? I believe they have one on-call person trying to shut down various valves, and we need probably need more people from water to try and locate the cause of this issue.
02:14
Well, you can fix.
02:15
Will you attach me with the main tree call?
02:16
I copy. We do only have the one phone number for an on-call, but we can attempt to reach other people.
02:22
Battalion 1, Battalion 2 on top.
02:24
Go ahead. Yeah,
02:25
looking at the CAD notes, you want me to look over at Grove? Start getting eyes over there.
02:31
Yeah, PV just informed me that this thing is basically the entire block of Vallejo, Fremont, from Main Street moving north, so you can just get eyes on, you know, 360 of this thing, and report back to me, I'm in front of 8-11, Main at the Incident Command Post.
02:50
Are we having flooding issues with houses down there?
02:56
17 myself and 6-1 on foot may be very badly.
02:58
Okay.
02:59
Yeah, a firm, approximately 10 to 20 houses, possibly flooding in the basement, also affecting transformers and sewage leaks.
03:06
So you can give me information on all those issues and report back.
03:10
And we've got the source for flooding down here near Main Street.
03:13
And I'm working on that with PV and water.
03:16
Okay, I got me.
03:17
Thanks. Additionally, I have truck 8 and engine 1 walking around the block trying to open up any drainage we can find.
03:23
And we've got truck 1 en route as well if you need a...
03:26
Okay, I'm probably three minutes out.
03:29
I'm here in Washington and Pleasant Grove right now.
03:33
I see you from Truck 8 on Tack 4.
03:35
860 Welfare Check 316 Amberfield Court.
03:39
I see.
03:43
From truck 8 on tag 4.
03:47
Go ahead. Paul Femtee code for a negative shot.
03:50
Home construction near 609.
03:52
Copy? Okay. Yeah,
03:53
the drainage inlets are being overwhelmed with the water supplier of the mouth.
03:57
They're cleared.
03:58
It's just a system here, the drainage system in this area can't handle this water.
04:01
Copy, thank you.
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Fremont Ave, Roseville, CA 95678
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