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PCH Partially Reopened After Water Main Break In Malibu

MALIBU (CBSLA.com) — Crews continued repairs Friday on a water main rupture along Pacific Coast Highway that opened a sinkhole that size of a small car, officials said.

Traffic on PCH was moving in both directions near Trancas Canyon Road this morning after water was seen shooting into the air at 6:50 p.m. Thursday night due to a break in a 16-inch steel pipe, according to Los Angeles County Department of Public Works spokesman Kerjon Lee.

The resulting hole in the road was nine feet long and five feet wide at its largest, which was about the size of his Toyota Prius, he said.

It was not immediately known what caused the pipe, which was installed in 1966, to rupture, according to Lee.

The second westbound lane of PCH and one eastbound lane were reopened after midnight, said, whose workers were attending to the repairs.

About 50 single-family homes and 50 condo units were without water service Friday morning as crews with heavy equipment and lights worked through the night to restore service.

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