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Water shoots out of Hynes Convention Center in Boston

There was no immediate word on what caused the break

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Gallons of water gushed into Boylston Street Thursday.

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Water was shooting across Boylston Street in Boston on Thursday after a water main break at the Hynes Convention Center.

Cell phone video shared with NBC10 Boston shows a massive stream of water pouring from the building, out into the street.

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"If I left my office less than a minute sooner I think I would've been swept across Boylston," Kelly Davidson wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. "This water burst out of Hynes convention center in front of my eyes."

https://twitter.com/kellyedavidson/status/1798841124200804586

There was no immediate word on what caused the break.

NBC10 Boston has reached out to the Boston Water and Sewer Commission for more information.

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