Dec. 31 (UPI) — Residents of Kansas City, Mo., have been advised to boil their drinking water after a burst main pipe sent torrents of water cascading through downtown streets late Friday.

Streetcar service was suspended shortly after the water main burst at 6:49 p.m. Video posted to social media showed water pouring through several blocks in the immediate area.

“Out of an abundance of caution, KC Water is issuing a precautionary boil water advisory to customers from Main Street to Manchester Trafficway … after a 30-inch main ruptured on Friday,” city officials said in an update.

The message specified that the boil water advisory “is a recommendation, not a requirement.”

Streetcar service resumed Friday evening.

“I appreciate the response of our Kansas City crews, particularly the women and men of the Kansas City Fire Department who first spotted, addressed the issue, and ensured individuals were out of harms way,” Mayor Quinton Lucas tweeted.

“Tonight and tomorrow our teams from the Kansas City Water, Fire, Public Works, and Police Departments will continue to respond to ensure all are safe and water service remains stable,” he wrote.

The break produced a torrent of water rushing through three downtown blocks — enough to lift parked cars and pull up slabs of concrete, KSHB-TV reported.