Crews respond to water main break in the south end of Colorado Springs

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- Tuesday morning, Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) and Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) responded to a water main break in the south end of Colorado Springs.

According to Colorado Springs Traffic, the water main break happened around 7:15 a.m. in the intersection of E. Cheyenne Road and Rockwood Ave. Roads in the area are closed including Cheyenne Road near Pando Ave.

Crews say to avoid the area.

Colorado Springs Utilities say houses in the area could be with out water for up to eight hours. They potentially need to shut off electricity as well, which would be off for the same amount of time.

KRDO spoke with a resident in the Stratmoor Meadows neighborhood who says here backyard was flooding this morning.

"We’ve been here for almost seven years, and we’ve never seen the water like this," said Brenda Barros.

Springs Utilities says they have been posting in Nextdoor app to keep neighbors updated.

This is a developing story.