Around 5,000 homes left with no water or low pressure due to large burst in north Leeds
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The incident was first reported by Yorkshire Water at 7.15am.
A "very large" burst in Alwoodley has affected the water supply to thousands of homes in LS17, LS19 and LS20.
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Hide AdYorkshire Water is treating the incident as an emergency and all available teams have been called to the area to carry out repairs.
A spokeswoman said: "We are aware of a large burst in the LS17 area, which has temporarily affected supply to a number of properties in LS19 and LS20.
"We know how inconvenient an issue like this can be - our team is on site working as quickly as possible to isolate the burst and restore supplies.”
Update: Yorkshire Water has restored water supplies and pressure should start to return to normal for homes affected.
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