WATCH: Empangeni's water infrastructure has been tampered with, causing a 'well' to leak

Scrap collectors were reportedly the cause of a massive water leak along Empangeni's main road on Friday morning.

Motorists saw a fountain of water shooting at least five meters into the air, which was reported to the town of uMhlathuze at around 7am.

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Ward 23 councilor Andre de Lange said it took the city’s sanitation team at least four hours to fix the problem.”

A valve was triggered, allegedly by scrap metal sellers [metal].

This is the line that supplies the entire city, but fortunately there have been no reports of water shortages from either households or businesses,” said De Lange.

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