“Nightmare” flooding caused by a burst water main drenched local streets and part of Peckham Rye Park today.
Gardens were inundated with up to 30cm of water while a local school’s car park was submerged by half-a-metre.
Four fire engines and 25 firefighters were called to the incident, bringing it under control by 3.34pm.
A resident described a torrent of water “rolling like bricks” after a water main erupted on Coylton Road at 11am today (Tuesday, January 21).
A garden on Colyton Road was flooded to a depth of 30cm while another was flooded by 25cm.
The Harris Girls’ Academy East Dulwich car park was flooded to a depth of 50cm but the water has now receded.
No properties were affected internally, London Fire Brigade said.
Tess, a local resident, said: “It’s been an absolute nightmare. It’s flooded everywhere and into Peckham Rye Park.”
She added: “[It was] a bit unnerving and when we saw how much water was starting to collect, we wondered how many more hours we could cope with it.”
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She said Homestall Road was also affected, sharing images of a large pool of water collecting on the dirt road.
The road is untarmacked and photos show the surface has been washed away.
Flood water also spread as far as the duck pond in Peckham Rye Park, she said.
Thames Water warned residents it would have to turn the water off to stop the leak shortly before 4pm.
Fire crews from Forest Hill, Peckham, New Cross and Lewisham fire stations attended.
