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Broken water main sends water shooting into the air in San Francisco

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A water main in San Francisco broke Friday morning, causing a towering stream of water to shoot into the air.

The break occurred in the area of 30th Avenue and Wawona Street, according to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC).

SFPUC crews responded to the scene and repaired the break.

"The cause of the break appears to be the failure of an 8-inch valve connected to a 60-inch water transmission line," the SFPUC said in a statement. "That transmission line feeds water from our treatment plant on the Peninsula to the Sunset Reservoir."

The break did not impact water service for residents in the area, the SFPUC said.

Follow-up repairs are planned, but the scope and timeframe for those repairs is not yet known, the SFPUC said.

A broken water main along the 1700 block of Wawona Street in San Francisco sent a towering stream of water shooting into the air.Β 
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