Overview
- A 150 mm drinking-water line ruptured around 5 a.m. Thursday, flooding Bramfelder Weg and nearby side streets in the Farmsen-Berne district.
- Near-freezing temperatures left surfaces slick, leading to partial traffic restrictions and gritting by the city’s street-cleaning service.
- Hamburg Wasser isolated the line, installed a new pipe section the same day, and said the break was fixed within roughly half a day.
- Water trucks provided temporary supply to affected households and the school while the main was shut off.
- The utility has not pinpointed a cause, noting cold, pressure, and pipe age or condition as factors, and it expects to remove road barriers during the day.