"ALL I want for Christmas is a pair of wellies."
That was the plea from an Immingham resident whose home was flooded due to a burst water main.
As reported, two homes in Oban Court were inundated with water that gushed from a water main in the back garden of Chris Lingard's home, where he has lived for 28 years.
The 66-year-old retired worker at the former ConocoPhillips refinery said: "There is no point in getting upset or angry with anyone.
"It has happened so I just have to get on with it.
"I'm not sure what sort of Christmas it is going to be, but I have added a pair of wellies to my list."
He was sitting at his computer when a neighbour alerted him to the torrent of water flooding through his garden at about 1pm on Monday.
A nine-inch water pipe split along a 12-metre strip flooding gardens. Mr Lingard said: "There was a 3ft gush coming up out of the ground.
"We rang for the fire brigade. They got here and started pumping it away, but they could not get it away as quickly as it was coming up.
"I rushed around and got everything lifted up off the floor."
He told how he was upset his new kitchen installed a year ago with floor level lighting had been badly damaged.
He praised the response of Humberside Fire and Rescue Service and Anglian Water engineers.
He said: "They have all been good guys."
The resident is now waiting for an insurance assessor to visit.
A neighbour, who did not wish to be named, said: "The fire service was amazing."
She told how a chest freezer in her garage blew up due to water getting into the electrics.
The 30-year-old mum was at work when she got a call from her husband to tell her that firefighters were pumping water out of their garden.
She said: "All the residents mucked in and brought towels and buckets.
"We all just got our shoes and socks off and trousers rolled up.
"It is nice round here. Everyone looks out for one another."
Antony Innes, from Anglian Water, said: "We are very sorry to customers in Oban Court, Immingham, who have been affected by a burst water main.
"Regrettably, two homes and a handful of gardens were flooded.
"We realise this is an extremely upsetting situation for these customers and are doing what we can to help them with drying equipment and arranging for loss adjusters to assess the damage."
Water supply was returned to normal around teatime on Monday.
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