Four Saffron Walden families have been made homeless after a burst water tank flooded their flats.
Firefighters were called to Lime Avenue shortly before 4pm today.
A crew from Saffron Walden isolated the main water supply to the properties and dealt with the incident just after 4.30pm.
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