#SunsetFlood: Huge water main break floods part of Sunset Boulevard, UCLA area

A water main break on Sunset Boulevard Tuesday caused a huge geyser, causing a massive hole, trapping cars and damaging parts of UCLA.

https://twitter.com/passantino/status/494260363412529152

"People are standing in the water…out of a sense of amusement," but it's dangerous: @LAFD http://t.co/SAEgnUi9eO pic.twitter.com/P8N15NlFpM

— KTLA (@KTLA) July 29, 2014

https://twitter.com/passantino/status/494264250295001089

#SunsetFlood: Parts of UCLA campus flooded http://t.co/u5lTvejony (Photo: Chun-Ming Zhang) pic.twitter.com/KtPBRVYFtk

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) July 29, 2014

#SunsetFlood: 10630 West Sunset Blvd. Water rising. Drivers avoid area #TRAFFICALERT http://t.co/5ldkqHexCI pic.twitter.com/2WpSEl08Yg

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) July 29, 2014

PHOTOS: Water main break floods Westwood street and parts of UCLA #SunsetFlood http://t.co/3v8f7MBxWR pic.twitter.com/8qkgrCoCcR

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) July 29, 2014

These aerial shots from @KTLA are seriously crazy. This is going to be SO costly for #UCLA, also Calif. #SunsetFlood pic.twitter.com/3DQO9FZqxp

— Jillian Beck (@jillianmbeck) July 29, 2014

https://twitter.com/JeongParkDB/status/494269188710465536

#sunsetflood update: firefighters finished initial sweep of underground parking garage, no reports of any trapped victims at #UCLA.

— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) July 29, 2014

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Jeong Park is an assistant news editor at the Daily Bruin.

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Our crews are enroute to Sunset water main break to shut down water as quickly and safely as possible. … http://t.co/5MqvwgTL1d

— LADWP (@LADWP) July 29, 2014

Update:

Pauley Pavilion was renovated a couple years ago. Look at it right now. Court likely ruined. pic.twitter.com/mJuEUzDLXY

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) July 30, 2014

LAFD is trying to save Pauley Pavillion from flooding, but not really much they can do pic.twitter.com/6WvxPeTm1F

— Ben Bergman (@thebenbergman) July 30, 2014