Water main break causes flooding near Fremont Ave and Main St, Roseville CA


A major water main break near Fremont Avenue and Main Street caused extensive street flooding affecting multiple blocks and some homes. Storm drains are overwhelmed, and emergency crews are working to manage the situation. Flooding has impacted transformers and caused sewage issues in the area.
Audio|Source: Roseville Police and Fire
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Transcript:
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The water is making it as far west as Atkinson on the south side of the sidewalk that this for under is catching it all up to this point.
00:08
Okay. All forward link at six.
00:09
Go ahead.
00:10
You text me the dimensions of where the water is at this point.
00:14
I can't, but it's near Main St, Fremont Ave, Grove St, to Vallejo Ave, that one block.
00:23
Cut. 104 from four has the water slowed at all?
00:26
Uh, no.
00:27
The EU guys here is shutting off a valve, but he said there's like 12 different valves.
00:32
He shut off several already and none of them have done the trick, so he's just going through them all.
00:35
Yeah, the Roseville River's still flowing pretty strong.
00:37
147, I'll be in route to 493.
00:40
Copy. 140, can you back?
00:41
148. 148. 148. Okay,
00:42
bye, thank you. 147, 147, we're in an additional area of chat.
00:44
If you say she's hearing someone banging on something, can't identify this sound.
00:48
We've been hearing off around for the past 30 minutes, the area 316, 6th Street.
00:51
Safe when I can go to the next.
00:52
Seventy second.
00:53
Copy, I know that you're all in a shot circle.
00:54
Mike. Chuck A. from Engine Wong, what's your location?
00:56
So the water main break is near Main St and Fremont Ave.
01:00
The storm drains are not keeping up with the water that's coming out of the street.
01:04
So B1 is asking, if you guys could walk the Leo north from Main St and see if you can unclog any storm drains?
01:11
Battalion 2.
01:12
Respond to residential flooding.
01:14
At near Main St.
01:15
Cross streets are Bittner Street.
01:17
The Yeho Avenue and Valley, F.
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2. C2F2.
01:20
Rosa 5 from Italian, on track.
01:21
147-97. Battalion, go ahead.
01:24
Cut. I'm going to go ahead and take Incident Command's.
01:27
Incident Command Post is going to be in front of near Main St and Fremont Ave.
01:33
And I know that PD sergeant is going to kind of meet me over here.
01:36
We'll start unitify command.
01:37
And can you notify Battalion 2? I want him to go check out how far north this goes at Grove St, from Grove St, Vallejo Ave, and Fremont Ave.
01:48
And give me a report on conditions.
01:49
I'm sorry.
01:50
What's that you all you're on? Chuck on.
01:51
Go ahead. The Army, one on time.
01:52
Okay, when truck one's just clearing Kaiser, do you need this out there?
01:56
Yeah, a firm.
01:57
Go ahead and assign yourself.
01:58
We're going to need resources here.
02:00
I see trucking.
02:01
Go ahead.
02:02
Truck 1. Respond to residential flooding.
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At near Main St.
02:07
Cross streets are Bittner Street, Vallejo Avenue and Alwick, Fremont Ave.
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C2F2.
02:12
From Main St to Grove St on Vallejo Ave, we don't see any drains.
02:16
We're on Grove St now that's a block of Grove and it's up on foundation.
02:20
You see one drainage, we're going to try to clear, but there's not a lot of drainage in this area.
02:25
Copy, do what you can, and let me know the conditions up there.
02:28
We've got reports of the water affecting transformers as well as some sewage issues.
02:32
So let me know, we get eyes on it for me.
02:35
Thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Fremont Ave & Main St, Roseville, CA 95678
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