Officials closed a residential road in Penn Hills on Thursday morning after a water main broke and caused damage to the street and a house, according to a tweet from Allegheny County.
Aber Road remains closed from Harvest Drive to Grove Road. The road is located within the municipality’s Nadine and Lincoln Park neighborhoods.
Allegheny County announced the road closure via Twitter around 9 a.m.
Penn Hills: Aber Rd in Penn Hills shut down from Harvest Dr to Grove Rd due to large water main break that damaged roadway and flooded a basement of a house on Harvest Dr. Fire department on scene with water company assessing damage and assisting
— Allegheny County (@Allegheny_Co) June 11, 2020
When reached by phone, Penn Hills Fire Marshal Chuck Miller said he could not comment on the severity of the situation because he had not been to the scene.
Penn Hills Station 221, located in the municipality’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, was not immediately available to comment.
