Hotel evacuated after flooding near King’s Cross

London Fire Brigade crews are using flood barriers to divert water caused by a burst water main

LONDON FIRE BRIGADE London Fire Brigade crews using flood barriers to divert water caused by a burst water main in Pentonville Road — London Fire Brigade crews are using flood barriers to divert water caused by a burst water main

A hotel has been evacuated after a burst water main caused flooding near King’s Cross Station in the early hours of Sunday.

London Fire Brigade (LFB) said eight fire stations and about 60 firefighters were responding to the incident, which was affecting an area of around 250 square metres, on Pentonville Road.

About 20 people at a nearby hotel were evacuated by crews due to flooding, LFB said.

The brigade was called at 04:07 BST, and has deployed mobile flood barriers and specialist water rescue crews to the scene.

Pentonville Road is closed to traffic between Penton Rise and King’s Cross Road.

Transport for London said 11 bus routes were on diversion on Sunday morning.

They are bus routes 17, 30, 46, 63, 73, 91, 205, 214, 259, 390 and 476.

Floodwater is affecting an area of around 250 square metres near King’s Cross Station

LONDON FIRE BRIGADE Floodwater on Pentonville Road on Sunday morning — Floodwater is affecting an area of around 250 square metres near King’s Cross Station

Thames Water has been contacted for comment. In an update to customers on Sunday morning, it said: “We are sorry if you have been affected by the recently burst pipe on Pentonville Road.”

It added that engineers were on site and “working hard to get things back to normal as quickly as possible”.

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Support teams were also “on their way” to help customers experiencing low pressure or no water.

LFB said firefighters were using a drone to survey the area affected by floodwaters, and traffic in the local area would be “heavily impacted”.

Crews from Euston, Islington, Soho and surrounding fire stations were at the scene on Sunday morning.

The Metropolitan Police said officers were assisting fire crews.

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