Roads remain closed after a burst water pipe flooded the area near King’s Cross station.

Part of Pentonville Road is still shut after some of the street was submerged yesterday (August 18).

Emergency crews were called at around 4am and the London Fire Brigade sent a water rescue team to help evacuate affected people as floodwater entered the basements of several homes and shops.

Here’s what we know one day on:

Road closures

A bus lane on Pentonville Road is still closed westbound from King’s Cross Road to Caledonian Road.

According to Transport for London (TfL), this stretches between Penton Rise and Grays Inn Road.

The eastbound carriageway is reduced to one lane from Killick Street.

A map with yellow highlighting the section of roads affectedA map with yellow highlighting the section of roads affected (Image: TfL)

Water repairs are reportedly being carried out between Wyndord Road and Wharfdale Road and Killick Street.

As a result, several bus routes are being diverted from the area: 17, 30, 73, 91, 205, 214, 259, 476.

What is Thames Water doing?

Specialist engineers are still working to repair the burst pipe, a day after water surged through the area.

Meanwhile a clean-up operation is still ongoing as a large part of the street was under water.

Firefighters at the sceneFirefighters at the scene (Image: LFB)

Thames Water said: “This work will continue 24/7, but we will not be digging out of hours to keep noise to a minimum.”

What happened?

Eight fire engines and around 60 firefighters responded to the incident.

Firefighters continued to work at the scene throughout the morning yesterday, using flood barriers to divert water.

Large sections of Pentonville Road was closed yesterday (August 18)Large sections of Pentonville Road were closed yesterday (August 18) (Image: Supplied)

Eventually the incident was stood down at around 11.15am.

Thames Water said yesterday that customers’ water supply had not been impacted by the leak.

Not the first time

The burst main comes in an area that has been impacted by multiple leaks in recent years, something which Thames Water has blamed on old Victorian pipes.

At the end of last year, two leaks caused flooding in King’s Cross Road.

The water company recently started a £20 million, three year project to improve the water network in the area.

In total, 1.2 miles of pipes that supply water to around 7,000 homes are expected to be replaced.