9:20 a.m. UPDATE: Bend Public Works continues to continue repairs on the broken 12" water main located on NE 8th Street between Ravenwood and Dyer. Roads are expected to remain closed in the area until at least 5 p.m.
15 homes are without water and service should be restored by 5 p.m. Several properties suffered substantial damage including flooding. The cause of the break appears to be pipe failure.
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BEND, OR -- Bend police evacuated homes in the area of NE 8th Street and Ravenwood Drive, this morning, due to a broken water main which flooded the area.
Responding officers report water moving quickly and were initially concerned at least one home could be moved from its foundation. They shut down NE 8th from the roundabout at 8th through Dyer Dr at about 5 a.m., as water has begun seeping up through cracks in the road.
Public Works and Cascade Natural Gas, along with Bend Police and Fire are on-scene evaluating the damage.
