this is jaquan raymond's bedroom. he says he wasn't able to save much from here, just some clothes and electronics. >> i was grabbing stuff as quickly as possible trying to get it to a higher elevation and call eed 911 asap. >> he never expected this. >> i looked in the backyard and all this water started coming over the barrier. at first it wasn't anything serious, i just thought it started raining really hard. >> reporter: his neighbors heard it too. >> i heard a roar, and it was raining and i thought, gee, that must be a huge downpour. i opened the door and it wasn't raining, i heard the roar. >> reporter: it wasn't rain but a car crash that caused the rush of water. a car hit a hydrant at 7:00 last night near the intersection of marlboro terrace and grizzly peak boulevard. the water could not be shut off right away because the car was on the hydrant so it flowed down hill toward jaquan's house for two hours. >> i have never seen anything like this happen. >> reporter: jaquan is a renter so he's not going to have t

this is jaquan raymond's bedroom, he says he wasn't able to save much from this room. >> i just got stuff as quickly as possible, trying to get it to higher elevation and i just called 911 asap. >> he heard a noise last night, but never expected this. >> i started hearing a loud thrust and i looked in the backyard and all this water started coming over, like, the barrier. and at first, it wasn't anything, like, serious, i thought it was the rain, it just started raining really hard. >> reporter: his neighbors heart it too. >> i heard a roar and it was raining, and i thought, gee, that must be a huge downpour, i opened the door and it wasn't raining and i heard the roar. >> reporter: it wasn't rain but a car crash that caused the rush of water. a car hit a hydrant at 7:00 last night near the intersection of marlboro terrace and east bay boulevard. the fire department couldn't shut the hydrant down right away so it flowed downhill toward jaquan's house for two hours. >> i have never seen anything like this happen. >> reporter: jaquan is a renter, so he's not going to have to deal with the l