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Sunset water main breaks, floods UCLA

By Harrison Liddiard, Katie Meyers

July 29, 2014 6:53 p.m.

The water break happened on Sunset Boulevard, near Marymount High School.

(Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)

The water main broke on Sunset Boulevard and sprayed into the air about 75,000 gallons of water per minute.

(Harrison Liddiard/Daily Bruin)

Water spilled along parts of Bruin Walk.

(Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin)

Water spilled into Parking Structures 4 and 7, flooding the area.

(Harrison Liddiard/Daily Bruin)

Water from the break flooded parts of Drake Stadium, the Intramural Field, the John Wooden Center and Pauley Pavilion.

(Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)

Firefighters put sandbags around the entrance of Pauley Pavilion to prevent further water damage.

(Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin)

The water from the broken main on Sunset Boulevard managed to spill onto the courts of Pauley Pavilion.

(Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin)

Firefighters at Pauley Pavilion work to pump water out of the building.

(Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin)

Water also flooded the stairwells to Parking Lot 4.

(Courtesy of Rupen Dajee/Daily Bruin)

Police blocked off Sunset Boulevard and parts of Charles E. Young Drive North.

(Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)

Police also blocked off parts of Bruinwalk.

(Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)

Flood waters entered Parking Structure 4 through the Pauley Pavilion entrance.

(Harrison Liddiard/Daily Bruin)

Drake Stadium flooded after the water main broke on Sunset Boulevard.

(Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)

A passerby takes a picture of the Bruin Bear statue in the flooded Bruin Plaza.

(Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)

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