Due to the breakage of a pipe via Fontanaa Milanowas completely floodedwith hundreds of families and remaining commercial activities without water. The breakdown, which occurred on the afternoon of Tuesday 16 July, was caused by an error during roadworks underway along the stretch of road near the Courthouse. The Local Police, who blocked traffic, and the Fire Brigade were on site to manage the emergency.
Workers break pipe: via Fontana in Milan flooded
In Fountain Street a Milano there is a construction site where workers are working on the road surface. Around 3pm on Tuesday, it was a wrong maneuver by the workers, it seems, that caused a pipe to break, a failure after which the road was quickly flooded.
As you can see from some images videothe street quickly turned into a torrent, which prevented normal traffic and partially submerged parked cars.
The intervention of the firefighters and the local police
On the site of the broken down the local police officers, who immediately blocked the circulation of cars and pedestrians in the area.
The firefighters, however, intervened on the fault to try to interrupt the uncontrolled flow of water.
Via Fontana flooded, shops and families without running water
In addition to the obvious inconveniences caused by the flooding of Via Fontana, there are also those related to the water supply in the area.
Homes, offices and commercial businesses on the street were left completely without water: there are approximately 250 families dry, from number 3 to number 89, to which are added the inconveniences for shops, clinics and health facilities.
Some residents have complained, in addition to the lack of water, also about other critical issues such as the lack of electricity electric and, consequently, wifi connections to the Internet. And this after a few days before, some citizens recall, the electricity had already gone out, again due to the work in progress.
A problem of vast proportions, therefore, which adds criticality to an area recently already hit by the effects of severe bad weather. A situation that made the involvement of the civil protection of the Municipality of Milan indispensable.
Why wasn’t the water turned off immediately in Via Fontana?
Residents have highlighted that the intervention to interrupt the water flow was not timely, worsening the flooding of Via Fontana.
According to what was reported by Corriere della Sera, the Mmthe company that manages the city’s water network, has chosen to preserve water pressure to ensure supply to the Policlinico, which is located a short distance away, as well as to other sensitive users.
Photo source: ANSA
Source: notizie.virgilio.it
