Call a plumber not 999, say fire officers

By The Newsroom
Published 11th Jan 2010, 12:01 BST
Updated 11th Jan 2010, 12:02 BST
FIRE CHIEFS have asked residents to call a plumber, not 999 if their pipes burst.

The warning comes after crews were called to three flooded homes in the Littlehampton Gazette area over the weekend, and many more across West Sussex.

The first was in Angmering High Street at 11.30am on Friday, where crews isolated the water and electricity supply and carried out a savage operation, after a house and a bungalow annexe were flooded.

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On Saturday, just after 3pm, crews were called to a bungalow in Finisterre Way, Littlehampton, and on Sunday they went to a basement flat in South Terrace, at about 3.05am.