Large sinkhole opens near reported sewer line failure in Madera, residents asked to limit water use

MADERA, Calif. (KFSN) -- Madera has prompted the metropolis to erstwhile again residents to bounds their h2o usage aft different sewer enactment break.

A ample sinkhole has besides been reported adjacent the break, successful the country of W. Pecan and S. Granda. The California Highway Patrol says the rear trailer of a large rig fell into the hole.

The sinkhole and sewer interruption are adjacent the determination wherever crews person been moving to repair a sewer trunk failure.

A trunk is simply a ample tube that collects sewage from different smaller sewer lines crossed the area.

Officials accidental drinking h2o is harmless to usage but has asked residents to debar non-essential h2o use, including laundry, dishes and agelong showers and baths, arsenic that h2o ends up successful the sewer aft it's used.

The archetypal sewer enactment nonaccomplishment happened past week connected Avenue 13, westbound of Granada Drive. That led metropolis leaders to state a section authorities of emergency.

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