A series of water main breaks kept crews busy in Tulsa, Oklahoma Monday. But one break was so powerful it ripped the roof off of a gas station.
Security cameras at a Phillips 66 gas station caught the geyser-like break shooting up beneath the canopy above the pumps.
The pressure of the water is too great and after a few minutes, the video shows the metal canopy crashing down.
Gas station owner Shahin Alam told KOTV that he didn’t notice the water until it started to shoot up about 30 to 40 feet high.
The force of the water and canopy collapse even blew a hole through the rear window of Alam’s car.
“It was like a tsunami, like a tornado,” Alam said.
The cost of the repairs is estimated to be around $65,000, which the city is claiming it is not liable for.
“It’s an unexpected event and you can’t predict it,” said City Attorney Gerry Bender. “When that happens the city has no liability for damages caused because there wasn’t anything the city did, basically, to cause this to happen.”
Alam’s insurance company says the city should pay for the damages, but for now, the gas station owner is focussing his efforts on cleaning up to get his pumps back into working order.
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