Earlier this evening a water main break in Kennington, a district of central London, resulted in raw sewage pouring into the streets.
Kennington in Central London going underwater (sewage?!) right now:
Police just confirm this is sewage, Kennington is under:
Firefighters came in to evacuate residents, as they tried to figure out how to stop the flooding.
People now getting trapped by sewage in South London, firefighters evacuating properties:
Flood defences arrive?!
Doing what any good live-tweeter does during a big event, he started a hashtag. #LondonPoo
Looks like it's half way up this lower door #londonpoo
More firefighters were called into the area as they worked to set up barricades.
More firefighters arrive as #londonpoo starts flowing down more streets in South London
Barricades that would save this brave journalist from being trapped by the #LondonPoo
I'm currently trapped on an island waiting for firefighters to stem flow of #londonpoo
About an hour after the live-tweets started, local media began to cover to flooding.
'Sewage pouring into homes' as burst water main causes flooding in #ClaphamRoad http://t.co/580iCf3GY6
Pictures: 'Sewage floods homes in Clapham Road' after water main bursts http://t.co/580iCf3GY6
Gross.
if you are doubting the evilness of the #londonpoo water, you can almost smell it in this picture...
The rescue effort began as firefighters escorted residents through "the brown stuff."
Rescued from the #londonpoo as a firefighter escorts a young lady through the brown stuff in South London
She was so happy to be rescued.
Now you mention it, she does seem remarkably happy with the rescue situation... #londonpoo
So happy I didn't actually see him put her down, they just kept going... #londonpoo
and going, and going... #londonpoo
Unfortunately, Mr. "Lee" wasn't so lucky.
Mr 'Lee' has found himself in a spot of bother, got to get the beemer out of the #londonpoo
But at the end of the day...These guys are the real heroes. Well done.
This is seriously grim work, so fair play to the firefighters... #londonpoo