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There's a huge geyser gushing in Hollywood this afternoon, spraying high up above the buildings there, hitting a palm tree and flooding the street.
Steve Smith tweeted to LADWP a photo of the scene at 6300 W. Willoughby Avenue. He tells LAist that he got to the scene around 2:25 p.m. and firetrucks arrived about five minutes later.
@LADWP this is happening at 6300 W Willoughby pic.twitter.com/39fAlAEps9
— Steven N Smith (@Synistar) September 19, 2014
LADWP tweeted back to Smith, "Yikes! Thanks for the report. Will get into the right hands."
Justin Benjamin posted this Vine around 3 p.m. of the gnarly situation:
We hope we don't have another UCLA water main break type of situation on our hands.
