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Provided by a resident Water spewing from an underground water pipe, reaching a height that exceeded the roof of a two-story apartment building, is seen in Oami-Shirasato, Chiba Prefecture, at around 3:11 a.m. on Tuesday.
The Yomiuri Shimbun
15:47 JST, February 11, 2025
A column of water reaching 10 meters high gushed out from beneath the asphalt in a residential area in Oami-Shirasato, Chiba Prefecture, in the predawn hours of Tuesday, police said.
“The asphalt in front of my house is cracked and water is gushing out,” a resident said in a call to police at around 3:05 a.m.
The cause is believed to be a broken underground pipe.
The water pressure broke the windows of a nearby apartment and caused the roof to turn over.
No one was injured.
According to the police, the road caved in and a hole more than 2 meters in diameter opened. The water was spurting out of that hole but subsided after about an hour and a half, as the water in the water pipe was turned off.
The water pipe was restored at around 9:15 a.m., and the road was open to traffic before noon.
