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A water main burst with such force it 'pounded homes', smashed windows, damaged a car and caused a 'river' to flood a street.
The jet of water blasted houses near to a roundabout in Derby after the pipe burst at around 2.15am on Sunday.
Two women were helped out of one house by neighbours but a family had to be rescued by firefighters after they struggled to escape as the water was 'pounding' their home, witnesses said.