Burst water main turns major Sheffield city centre into a river

Around 1,700 properties in SheffieldÂ were left without water today after a burst water main turned a major city centre road into a river.

By The Newsroom

Published 18th Mar 2018, 14:18 BST

Updated 18th Mar 2018, 14:25 BST

Yorkshire Water said supplies had now been restored to properties around West Bar and West Street following a burst near the Hilton Hotel.

A spokesman said supplies had been re-routed and works were underway to fix the burst.

He said: "We had a burst main on West Bar Green which affected between 1,000 and 1,700 properties.

"They were off supply from about 8am until around 1pm. We are on site repairing it now and we were able to restore supplies by re-routing."

He added West Bar remained closed and apologised for any inconvenience caused.