Downtown workers and residents got a jolt this morning when two manholes blew up at Summer and High streets shortly before 8:40 a.m. One person was injured. Read more.
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Shortly before 5 p.m., DB Reiff urged motorists to avoid Lake Street in Brighton on account of how several manholes along the street caught fire around the same time. Utility crews had been working in the area, she reports.
Smoke-belching aftermath. Photo by Kelley Duff.
But Susan Tran reports that's where a manhole burst into flames and began to smoke this morning. Firefighters in action.
Matthew Touchette reports the area around the intersection of Rte. 9 and Cypress street is closed off, and firefighters are going door to door, following manhole explosions there.
Lindsey_ericax shows us Train and King streets in Dorchester after a manhole exploded around 11 p.m. on Wednesday.
Boston firefighters are on Columbus Avenue in the area of Isabella Street, where two manholes exploded in flames around 1:25 p.m.
Jan reported hearing a "GIANT boom."
Ed. note: Post updated with fact it was steam, not smoke from a fire.
The Cambridge Fire Department reports what appeared to be smoke was actually just steam from a manhole at Land Boulevard and the Monsignor O'Brien Highway shortly after 7 p.m.
Still, police shut the roads down by the Museum of Science as a precaution until firefighters could confirm that.
Matthew Gregoire surveys the scene at North Marginal and Cooper streets.
Smoke-belching manhole disrupts Boylston Street outside the BPL after possible transformer explosion
Firefighters and utility crews are at Tremont and Parrker streets, where a manhole burst into flames around 8 p.m. Tremont was shut in both directions.
No injuries, but several businesses along Centre Street near the Bank of America parking lot lost power when the manhole lost its top, Ted Cooper reports.
WBZ reports the Malden Fire Department is investigating what made at least four manholes explode today.
Firefighters are at Summer and High streets for a manhole that belched fire and smoke.
A manhole that burst into flames around 4 p.m. in Cleary Square knocked out power up down River Street and Fairmount Avenue. Eversource estimates the power will be back by 9.
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