Homes flooded in Northamptonshire village as pipe bursts

The incident happened this morning in Pitsford when Anglian Water engineers and Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service were alerted to a burst water main near Grange Lane at 6.30am.

Engineers are currently planning the repair to fix the burst and will be using overland pipes to keep customers on water while the work is completed.

An Anglian Water spokeswoman said: “Our teams responded immediately but unfortunately the escaped water has flooded some nearby properties.

“We know how upsetting flooding can be, clean up teams are already on the way to help but we’d like to apologise to those customers who have been affected.

"We would like to reassure those customers affected that we will cover the costs to get things back to normal as quickly as possible.”