Utility crews Monday repaired a 16-inch water main that ruptured, triggering flooding that threatened several apartment buildings in Pacific Palisades.
The problem — in a cast-iron main that was installed in 1939 — was reported about 8:20 p.m. Sunday in the 16000 block of West Sunset Boulevard.
“A large volume of water threatened several apartment buildings,” said the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Nicholas Prange.
One building was reported damaged, he said.
“During the early stages of the incident, there were reports of someone in distress in the water,” Prange said. ” LAFD rescued one person from the water, who was uninjured.”
Los Angeles County lifeguards helped search deep water in a below-grade parking area to make sure no one was stranded in a submerged vehicle, he said.
Three apartment buildings were without service due to the main break, and a section of Sunset Boulevard was closed in the area while crews worked to make repairs, said Dawn Cotterelle of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
Crews planned to begin repaving the area surrounding the repaired water main Monday afternoon, Cotterelle said.