Geyser of water shoots from Alexandria water main break

alex_main4 Water from the break is freezing as it lands on trees. (NBC Washington/Megan McGrath)
alex_main5 Ice is seen on trees in Alexandria, Virginia, on Feb. 16, 2017, after a water main break near the George Washington Masonic Temple. (NBC Washington/Megan McGrath)
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WASHINGTON — A water main break near King Street in Alexandria, Virginia, is not affecting traffic, but is spewing water in the air.

The break is on Park Road, near the George Washington Masonic National Memorial.

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Water from the break is freezing on the trees. (NBC Washington/Megan McGrath)
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Ice is seen on trees in Alexandria, after a water main break near the George Washington Masonic Temple. (NBC Washington/Megan McGrath)

 

Colleen Kelleher

Colleen Kelleher is an award-winning journalist who has been with WTOP since 1996. Kelleher joined WTOP as the afternoon radio writer and night and weekend editor and made the move to WTOP.com in 2001. Now she works early mornings as the site's Senior Digital Editor.

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