HELL'S KITCHEN, Manhattan (WABC) -- Crews responded to the scene of a water main break that sent water into the streets in the Hell's Kitchen section of Manhattan Saturday morning.
The FDNY received a call at about 5:15 a.m. about the break at 418 West 56th Street and Ninth Avenue, a few blocks from Carnegie Hall. Con Ed and the DEP were called to the scene.
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City workers ultimately shut off the water flow to the broken pipe, and firefighters searched nearby basements.
The FDNY says one person was taken to a hospital after slipping on stairs at a high school on West 56th Street.
The city Department of Environmental Protection says its crews are investigating the break.
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(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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