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Brampton residents evacuated due to flooding await return-home orders

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Brampton residents evacuated due to sudden flooding are still waiting for word on when they can return home.

Officials say the flooding started around noon on Thursday (Feb. 17) as an ice jam and rain caused parts of the Credit River to overflow.

Some 100 homes in the area of Churchville Road and Steeles Avenue West were evacuated. And while police say there have been no injuries reported due to the rising waters, Brampton Fire Chief Bill Boyes said on Friday that the water level rose to about six feet deep in some areas.

Boyes said rescue boats and members of the Peel Regional Police Marine unit went door-to-door evacuating residents.

“We’re just very happy that all residents are OK,” Boyes said at a press conference on Friday. “We’re obviously concerned about their properties but we’re going to work with our public works team and all the stakeholders, our utilities here, to make sure that people can eventually get back in safely to their homes.”

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