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A huge geyser spurting water 30ft into the air has been caught on camera - just hours after another burst water pipe caused transport chaos in the city centre.



Amazing video footage, taken by a driver as he passed, shows a jet of water spraying upwards from the pavement of Livery Street, Birmingham.



A Severn Trent Water vehicle is filmed on the scene as the driver passes the through the flooding road.





At 10am, Severn Trent Water confirmed they were on site and fixing the pipe.



They have since updated us. A spokesperson said: "The problem was caused by someone illegally tampering with one of our hydrants. The team were able to shut off the water and no customers were affected.”







The footage comes just hours after Midlands Metro services were disrupted in the city centre due to another burst water pipe on Corporation Street.



Tram services were suspended between Bull Street and Grand Central after the main on Bull Street burst just after Monday.



Midland Metro earlier tweeted: “Due to a burst water main on the corner of Bull Street and Corporation Street we will be terminating at Bull Street until further notice, a six-minute headway is still in operation.”

The incident was first reported at around 1am this morning.

The water main is located outside the Square Peg pub on Corporation Street.

Severn Trent Water said: “When our teams dug down to find the burst, they found a high voltage electricity cable that had to be made safe before we could start to repair our pipe. That cable has now been made safe so we can start to fix the problem.



"We’d like to apologise to everyone who’s been affected and we’re working to get everything back to normal as quickly as possible.”



