Sewage pipe burst seeps into San Bernardino household’s dwelling – NBC Los Angeles

A house in San Bernardino was destroyed after a household says a metropolis sewage pipe burst and flooded their property.

The Zavala household mentioned they’ve been coping with the nightmare of the fallout for per week ever for the reason that pipe burst. Anna Zavala, the household’s matriarch, mentioned the difficulty started after her husband seen a metropolis manhole started to overflow with sewage water, which then in some way made its approach into their dwelling.

“He found that it was sewage water; by that point he was barefoot,” she mentioned. “He has an industrial carpet shampooer and he was sucking up the water as quick as he might however he couldn’t sustain.”

Zavala, whose household consists of six foster kids, mentioned the sewage started to creep out of her dwelling’s bathe drains and sinks.

“It’s every part. It’s heartbreaking,” mentioned Anna Zavala.

Miguel Guerro, the final supervisor of the San Bernardino Municipal Water Division, mentioned there was a blockage within the metropolis’s sewage system and the Zavala family was the primary property the place it backed up. Crews have been in a position to unclog the pipe earlier than the mess spilled into different properties.

“We have now no phrases,” Zavala mentioned. “We have been on the end line reworking our home since 1970’s. My husband’s household dwelling — legacy that we continued, and it’s all gone.”

Whereas cleanup efforts proceed within the household’s dwelling, they’ve additionally stuffed it with followers to assist get the odor out. It’s unclear once they’ll be capable to transfer again in.