A broken fire hydrant shot water out for more than two hours early Thursday morning.A broken fire hydrant shot water out for more than two hours early Thursday morning. (CBS Sacramento)
ANTELOPE (CBS SF) — A broken fire hydrant shot over 120,000 gallons of water into the sky for more than two hours in a Sacramento suburb early Thursday morning.
Crews first arrived at the scene in the Antelope area a little before 4 a.m. after reports that water was gushing as high as a light pole.
It took crews a little over two hours until they were able to shut off the water. In that time, about 1,000 gallons a minute of water flowed out – meaning about 120,000 gallons of water were lost.
