PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A Philadelphia man’s home was flooded on Thursday night after a possible water main break in the city’s Fairmount neighborhood.<\/p>\n
It happened around 9:15 p.m. along the 2300 block of Aspen Street.<\/p>\n
The Action Cam was on the scene as water was pouring up out of the sidewalk and rushing down the street.<\/p>\n
Bill Rapone, an 80-year-old Vietnam veteran, said firefighters had to help him turn off the heater after 3 inches of water filled his basement.<\/p>\n
“I was upstairs getting ready for bed about an hour ago … The next thing I know I hear this rumbling, and my neighbor, I heard her banging. So I came out … I thought it was just in the street. The water main broke, I guess, and my basement – I think I got the worst of it,” he said.<\/p>\n
Crews with the Philadelphia Water Department are on the scene and have shut the water off. It’s still unclear how many residents are impacted.<\/p>\n
“I’m an ex-paratrooper, so I’m pretty resilient,” said Rapone. “Hey, I made it through Vietnam, I can make it through this, right?”<\/p>\n
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