A water plume from a broken fire hydrant at Center and Shattuck in Berkeley. (Berkeleyside/Emilie Raguso)
BERKELEY (CBS SF) — An AC Transit bus hit and sheared off a fire hydrant Wednesday afternoon in downtown Berkeley, causing a geyser of water to erupt, a deputy fire chief said.
The crash was reported at 4:03 p.m. at Shattuck Avenue and Center Street, fire Deputy Chief Avery Webb said.
READ MORE: Armed Bike Thieves Targeting Cyclists in the East Bay HillsThe bus knocked over a fire hydrant and sent a large plume of water into the air. Webb did not know whether the flow of water had been shut off as of about 4:45 p.m.
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