Thousands of gallons of water flowed into multiple apartments, homes and businesses Tuesday in Lake Balboa due to a broken 20-inch water main, authorities said.
The flooding was reported at 3:12 a.m. in the 16400 block of West Vanowen Street, Erik Scott of the Los Angeles Fire Department said.
No injuries were reported, Scott said. An estimated 60 people were displaced and the American Red Cross was called out to assist them.
The water was flowing knee-deep in places and affecting multiple apartment buildings on the south side of Vanowen.
Firefighters carried pets and children out of some of the flooded residences. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power workers were at the scene.
Water in some residences was deep enough to float computer equipment and other belongings, according to reports from the scene.
The neighborhood is just south of Van Nuys Airport.
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Maychelle Yee of the LADWP said about 100 customers were without water. Vanowen Street was closed between Balboa Boulevard and Woodley Avenue; and Hayvenhurst Avenue was closed between Victory Boulevard and Sherman Way, Yee said.
