South Boston Water Main Break Floods Streets, Service Cut To 16 Buildings

BOSTON (CBS) - A water main break in South Boston flooded streets and created problems for dozens of residents overnight.

Water service was shut off to 16 buildings after the 12-inch pipe on Dorchester Avenue broke around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Authorities say the cast iron pipe was installed in 1931 but was rehabbed in 2006. It will be sent to a lab to determine the cause of the break.

Water service was restored to the neighborhood around 8 a.m.