A water main break flooded the intersection of Robbins and Elmhurst streets in Northeast Philadelphia's Oxford Circle neighborhood.

Video from Chopper 3 showed muddy-colored water rushing down the street and along the sidewalk Tuesday morning. The water main break was first reported at 6:50 a.m., and it took the Philadelphia Water Department a couple of hours to get on scene.

Water flowed for more than four hours until Philadelphia Water Department crews shut it off at around 11 a.m.

In a statement shared with CBS News Philadelphia, the water department said crews identified a broken 8-inch cast-iron main as the possible cause of the flooding. Crews are working on fixing the broken water main.

About 40 properties were without water service on the 6300 block of Elmhurst Street, but that

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