Hundreds of residents went without running water Saturday after a water main break in the Ala Moana area.

The Honolulu Board of Water Supply said an 8-inch main broke beneath Makaloa Street before 6:30 a.m. Saturday and forced the closure of Makaloa Street, fronting Don Quijote between Kaheka and Poni streets.

Kapiolani Manor condominium lost water as well as Pawaa fire station and the Pan Am Building, a Board of Water Supply spokeswoman said. Kapiolani Manor has 516 units.

The utility provided water wagons for affected customers in the parking lot next to Kapiolani Manor and attached a spigot to a fire hydrant on Kaheka Street next to the fire station.

Water service was restored at 3:30 p.m., a board spokeswoman said. Makaloa Street reopened at 7 p.m.

Several Kapiolani Manor residents took the outage in stride, using a variety of vessels to transport water back to their homes, including trash cans, buckets, plastic bags and storage containers.

Some residents said they planned to use the water to flush their toilets.

Sandy Barberich, 80, filled up a small plastic trash can with water Saturday afternoon.

She said it was the first time she’s seen her building lose water in 22 years living there.

After the outage, she bought a case of water from Don Quijote to drink and planned to grab lunch at Ala Moana Center.

“Everything seems to be going well,” she said.

Maui

Tires slashed on 19 vehicles

WAILUKU >> A man whose image was caught on security video slashed the tires of at least 19 county vehicles Thursday night, Maui officials said.

The vehicles were parked in a lot of the Kalana O Maui County building at the time.

Maui County Communication Director Rod Antone said the video shows a man wearing a raincoat running around the lot puncturing tires during a rain storm.

“We’ve never seen anything like this before where someone hit so many vehicles all at once,” Antone said. “Whoever he is, he was motivated. Some of the vehicles, a lot of vehicles he hit, he punctured all four tires.”

Officials patched some of the tires but will need to replace others.

“I don’t think we had enough replacement tires,” Antone said. “Some of them, we put patches, so the ones that had to get out there and out on the road, they got them up and going.”

Antone said it could cost anywhere between $75 and $200 to replace each tire.

The vehicles belong to different government departments, such as the Prosecuting Attorney, Public Works, Water Supply and Maui Emergency Management Agency.

The suspect remains at large.