Broken Fire Hydrant Causes Major Water Main Break In Beechview

BEECHVIEW (KDKA)–A fire hydrant broke and turned a Beechview hillside into a waterfall, sending debris and mud into the intersection of Banksville Road and Crane Avenue.“I went to get my coffee at a quarter to seven, and I thought it was raining,” Frank Spagnolo said. “I looked out and the trees weren’t moving and the leaves weren’t getting wet.”
He lives at the corner of Wentworth Avenue and Belasco Avenue, the source of the broken fire hydrant. The wat