Crime & Safety

Video: Sheared Hydrant Creates Huge Geyser

Water gushed about nearly 50 feet in the air for more than an hour along the Mission Viejo/Laguna border.


A woman in her 50s crashed a vehicle in Mission Viejo tonight and sheared a fire hydrant that spouted water for at least an hour.

The driver wasn’t injured in the collision, which occurred about 7:45 p.m. on Cabot Road just south of Oso Parkway, according to the Orange County Fire Authority.

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Firefighters were waiting at 8:45 p.m. for Moulton Niguel Water District workers to shut off the broken hydrant.

City News Service: Video: Courtesy of the Orange County Fire Authority

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