It was around 5:45 p.m. this Wednesday when Eva Ibanez has gone to one of its bakeries on the ‘upper Diagonal’ in Barcelona. What she did not expect was the spectacle that she was going to witness as soon as she arrived: that of a spectacular water leak that has caused a real chaos between rivers of water, asphalt and tile surveys and traffic closures that have affected several streets, including part of Avenida Diagonal.
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It all started at 5:28 a.m., when the water began to gush from the manhole covers and a huge hole opened up between the avenue of pedralbes and the walk of Manuel Girona. When Eva arrived at her business, La Forneria, she witnessed a second explosion of water: “the sidewalk has crashed. trees have fallenthe motorcycles went down… It’s been like a sea, like a river. We couldn’t cross the street either, because all the asphalt had been lifted. It’s been catastrophic& rdquor ;, he has recounted in statements to EL PERIÓDICO.
This situation has greatly altered the operation of his oven with tasting: “We’ve had to roll up our sleeves. I have to do everything to take away and in a cardboard cup, because I can’t put the dishwasher on. They have cut off our water & rdquor ;, she says. In addition, she regrets that her clients find it more difficult to go to the establishment as the street is closed, not even “the hospital workers across the street”, who are regular buyers.