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Dozens of homes were flooded when a 3ft tidal wave of water swept down the main street of a village on Monday afternoon. A burst main erupted in the centre of scenic Queniborough, deluging properties and closing off the centre of the village to traffic for several hours. Scores of villagers barricaded their homes with grow bags and sand bags and worked feverishly with brooms to keep the water out. However, some residents were forced to move out as the ground floors of their homes were flooded. One family with a newborn baby had to leave their flooded home in Coppice Lane for the night. Owner Roger Lanza, 42, said: "I discovered the flood when I arrived home after collecting our two boys, Rocco and Lorenzo, from school. "The water just came like a tidal wave from Main Street into our home. "It was about 3ft deep and covered our floor, flooding our carpets and antiques. "We just could not stay in the home because my wife, Rachael, and I have a 10 week old daughter, Siena. It is desperately upsetting." Paramedics had to be assisted to get to a resident who suffered a suspected heart attack during the incident. Reg Agger, who lives on the corner of Rearsby Road, managed to prevent the water getting into his house. He said: "It was more than 2ft deep in the road outside. "Fortunately, we managed to stop the water getting into the house although a number of garages and gardens were under water. "The first a lot of us knew something was wrong was when the water went off." Scores of properties were without water as engineers worked to isolate the leak and restore supplies. Village sub post master Barry Kimber, who runs Crossroad Stores, said: "I called the police when it first happened, just as the school children were coming out for the day.
"The flooding was so bad I had to go out to stop the traffic trying to turn into Main Street. "The flooding cut us off from our customers, although it stopped short from going into our home or the shop." Staff at the Britannia Inn kept the premises open by buying dozens of bottles of water. A spokeswoman said: "We were honouring our bookings. But we had no mains water." A spokesman for Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service said it had a pump in the village helping to pump away the water. He added that a resident suffered a suspected heart attack and the paramedics had to be helped to the scene before the victim was taken to hospital for further treatment. A Severn Trent Water spokeswoman said: "We had a burst in a large water pipe in main Street and some homes were flooded. "Around 100 homes were without supplies for two hours. A team of our loss adjusters were in the village talking to people about the damage they suffered. "We'd like to apologise for the inconvenience this incident caused." She said that engineers were continuing to work to repair the pipeline.

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