Fire crews on St. Stephens Street, photo by Shamus Moynihan.
Two manholes on St. Stephen Street in the Fenway exploded and began belching smoke around 10 a.m.
The first to go was an Eversource manhole behind 115 St. Stephen St. near Opera Place around 10 a.m. About 20 minutes later, a second manhole exploded outside 97 St. Stephen St., at Jarvis Place.
Shamus Moynihan reported: "Several loud bangs and lots of smoke."
The Huntington News reports Northeastern shut dining halls in two nearby buildings and urged students to avoid the area - or if they were already inside to stay there.
Eversource reported five businesses or homes without power in the area around 11 a.m.
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Does this link to the clown head story?
By SwirlyGrrl
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 8:09pm
Maybe this links to the clown head story.
Work ongoing at the second site
By Irma la Douce
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 4:36am
Very loud work ongoing at the St Stephens/Jarvis Place site since about 3:30 am.
Lucky there were no injuries
By Irma la Douce
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 5:12am
On a typical weekday morning there is a decent amount of foot traffic on St Stephens.
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