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Fire in the holes: Three manholes explode in Brighton

By adamg on Sun., 12/10/2017 - 9:29 am
Smoking Lake Street manhole

KMV shows us one of the three manholes on Lake Street that burst into flames shortly before 8 a.m.

UPDATE: Greater Boston Radio reports inspectors cleared the three manholes and ordered the power back on - and three manholes one street over promptly blew up.

Topics: 
Fire
Neighborhoods: 
Brighton
Free tagging: 
Lake Street
Exploding manholes

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They Are Ⓣ Manholes — Cables Feeding The Green Line Were Bur

By Elmer
Sun, 12/10/2017 - 2:50pm

[sup]          ( according to The Globe )[/sup]

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Natural gas leak nearby

By nathan Phillips
Sun, 12/10/2017 - 9:09pm

There's a utility-reported gas leak nearby:
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