Sewage Flood Freezes Cars on Nizhny Novgorod Street
By the morning of January 26, emergency services pumped out the liquid and began clearing the iced-over road.
Feb 13, 2026 0
The aftermath shows cars partially submerged in ice after a sewage flood on a city street.
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On the evening of January 25, a utility accident occurred on Permyakova Street in Nizhny Novgorod, flooding the roadway with sewage. According to eyewitnesses, the water quickly froze in the severe cold, trapping dozens of parked cars in ice.
Emergency crews work to clear ice and sewage from the roadway following the pipeline breach.
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The wheels of many cars were almost half-frozen into the ice, creating an icy trap for vehicles. Some car owners had to use construction blowtorches to free their property.
Representatives of the press service of the «United Utility Operator» reported that by 5 a.m. on January 26, the liquid had been pumped from the roadway, and the sewage outflow had stopped. Currently, utility services are cleaning the road surface of the resulting ice.
This incident occurred against the backdrop of severe frosts that have gripped the region, which have caused a number of other utility accidents:
- in Dzerzhinsk, residents of several streets were left without hot water and heating the day before;
- in the village of Novopokrovsky, a flood occurred due to damage to a private organization«s networks, flooding adjacent areas where residents helped emergency crews.
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