Hotel evacuated after Pentonville Road flooding

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Hotel evacuated after Pentonville Road flooding

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London ***** Brigade crews are using flood barriers to divert water caused by a burst water main

A hotel has been evacuated after a burst water main caused flooding near King’s Cross Station in the early hours of Sunday.

London ***** Brigade (LFB) said eight ***** stations and about 60 firefighters were responding to the incident, which was affecting an area of around 250 square metres, on Pentonville Road.

About 20 people at a nearby hotel were evacuated by crews due to flooding, LFB said.

The brigade was called at 04:07 BST, and has deployed mobile flood barriers and specialist water rescue crews to the scene.

Pentonville Road is closed to traffic between Penton Rise and King’s Cross Road.

Islington Council has urged people to avoid the area while crews respond.

Transport for London said 11 bus routes were on diversion on Sunday morning.

They are bus routes 17, 30, 46, 63, 73, 91, 205, 214, 259, 390 and 476.

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Floodwater is affecting an area of around 250 square metres near King’s Cross Station

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has been contacted for comment. In an update to customers on Sunday morning, it said: “We are sorry if you have been affected by the recently burst pipe on Pentonville Road.”

It added that engineers were on site and “working hard to get things back to normal as quickly as possible”.

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Support teams were also “on their way” to help customers experiencing low pressure or no water.

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said firefighters were using a drone to survey the area affected by floodwaters, and traffic in the local area would be “heavily impacted”.

Crews from Euston, Islington, Soho and surrounding ***** stations were at the scene on Sunday morning.

The Metropolitan Police said officers were assisting ***** crews, while the council said members of its emergency response team were also on site.

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