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A water main break caused a massive flood in the West Village Wednesday, spilling into the subway lines around 7 p.m. and flooding the tracks.

The deluge caused subway service of the 1,2 and 3 trains to be temporarily halted between Chambers Street and 34th Street, the MTA said.

“I saw muddy water shooting out like a geyser.” one witness said.

“It flooded the whole intersection. People were hopping around the water. It looked like it was about 1,000 gallons a minute.”

A doorman at a nearby building said that workers were jackhammering outside and that ConEd workers came to his building to see if they had been flooded.

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