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Kingsessing residents are left without heat or answers after water-main break: ‘They should not be expected to pick up the pieces by themselves’

The break last week of the 48-inch, century-old main flooded the Philadelphia neighborhood with 8 million gallons of water.

Wearing her winter coat and knit hat indoors, Ruth Stewart uses two space heaters to heat her living room in Kingsessing. Stewart, who lives in the apartment with her husband and three children, has not had any heat since a large water main break in her neighborhood last week.
Wearing her winter coat and knit hat indoors, Ruth Stewart uses two space heaters to heat her living room in Kingsessing. Stewart, who lives in the apartment with her husband and three children, has not had any heat since a large water main break in her neighborhood last week.Read moreELIZABETH ROBERTSON / Staff Photographer