Businesses report water outage after car crashes into Old Metairie hydrant, JP officials say

WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) reaches for "crashes" where WWL-TV 4 (Tegna, New Orleans) stays flat.

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What happenedThere is water gushing on Pink St. and Focis St.

What changedWDSU New Orleans (Hearst) frames it as "Businesses report water outage after car crashes into Old Metairie hydrant, JP officials...". WWL-TV 4 (Tegna, New Orleans) frames it as "Old Metairie businesses, homes lose water after fire truck strikes hydrant".

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Still Watching. WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) frames it as "Businesses report water outage after car crashes into Old Metairie hydrant, JP officials...". WWL-TV 4 (Tegna, New Orleans) frames it as "Old Metairie businesses, homes lose water after fire truck strikes hydrant".

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Aug 10, 11:17 PM: WWL-TV 4 (Tegna, New Orleans) joined the source map.

Aug 10, 11:22 PM: WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) joined the source map.

Now: score hidden until the source match is cleaner. Story health is developing · 2 sources · 1 bucket.

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WDSU New Orleans (Hearst)1h ago

Businesses report water outage after car crashes into Old Metairie hydrant, JP officials say

crashes

There is water gushing on Pink St. and Focis St.

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WWL-TV 4 (Tegna, New Orleans)42m ago

Old Metairie businesses, homes lose water after fire truck strikes hydrant

About 20 homes and businesses on Focis Street, including Metairie Village, were impacted by the water outage, officials said.

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