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Fire-spitting manhole erupts in Brighton Center

Location

Flaming manhole of death
302 Washington St.
Brighton
United States
42° 20' 56.346" N, 71° 9' 4.6692" W

At 302 Washington St., Boston Police tweet.

Huh..

By Kaz | Tue, 06/16/2009 - 11:24pm

That's only a few blocks from me. Never even heard a fire engine...

Not like I've been paying too close attention, but not a lot of commotion and I can almost see that from my house.

i just drove though there

By anon (not verified) | Tue, 06/16/2009 - 11:29pm

i just drove though there and washington st is completely blocked off...right across from the police station.

So that's what that was

By Will LaTulippe | Wed, 06/17/2009 - 2:12am

The engines pulled up just as I was deporting myself from the municipal parking lot.

17 june suffolk county debunker day

By the zak | Wed, 06/17/2009 - 4:07am

17 june suffolk county, i'll be having a debunker day today.

it was just a little

By Lau (not verified) | Wed, 06/17/2009 - 12:03pm

it was just a little smokey.... i slept right through the firetruck sirens too!! But lucky for me my roommate woke me up! nothing exciting though...

It might have something to

By anon (not verified) | Wed, 06/17/2009 - 10:47pm

It might have something to do with the chili at the Green Briar--urrrrrrrp.

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