Shopkeeper reacts as section of road closed and some residents temporarily without water following Chester Road flooding

Shopkeeper Bakhtiar Ali reacts to the burst water pipe on Chester Road in Sunderland.

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00:00Here you can see we've still got workmen on the scene from Northumbrian Water following

00:05last night's flooding on Chester Road due to a burst pipe. The workmen have been working

00:09throughout the night to try and rectify the situation.

00:13I understand there's been some flooding here overnight, so what did you see when you woke

00:19up this morning?

00:20When I came there was construction from Northumbria Water, they're fixing the pipe and a few different

00:25teams from local council, they come clean all the drain and clean up the area and they're

00:31trying to get us back to normality as soon as they can.

00:35And has any water been turned off here today? Have you had the water on, has it been switched

00:38off?

00:39Yeah, we had it on but some people they didn't have it on in different areas.

00:41And has flooding been a problem before?

00:43This is not a new thing, this happens like every year.

00:46And what's the cause of it?

00:48The water, pipe. It's due to Northumbria Water.

00:51And did you suffer any problems with flooding yourself? Anything in your shop?

00:55Not. None. Nothing happened.

01:00Anyone else you know got any flooding?

01:02No, I don't think so.