At least three manholes along Huntington Ave. exploded this afternoon, sending literal shudders through the nearby 101 Huntington, which has lapsed in and out of electrical service today.
By adamg - 9/9/11 - 9:29 am
Power is out along Warren Street from at least Montrose Street to Elm Hill Avenue, where firefighters responded to a report of a flaming manhole shortly before 9 a.m.
By adamg - 5/7/11 - 5:51 pm
Boston Police tweet manholes exploded this morning at Joy Street and both Mt. Vernon and Pinckney streets.
By adamg - 7/31/10 - 10:55 pm
Salem Insider and Patch Marblehead are reporting underground explosions on
By adamg - 7/6/10 - 10:26 pm
The Boston Fire Department is being kept busy this evening responding to multiple reports of manhole and power-line issues as overloaded lines give out under all the demand and heat.
By adamg - 10/16/09 - 11:40 am
Might be good to avoid towns with names beginning with M today:
Channel 4 reports flames shot 20 to 30 feet in the air when manholes exploded on Main Street in Medford around 10:30 a.m. and that several thousand people are now without power.
William Fleurant tweets traffic is, as you might expect, a mess there (where 38, 16 and I-93 come together).
MBTA Police report power went out at the Malden Orange Line station, trapping one person in an elevator.
By adamg - 3/16/09 - 6:26 pm
Melnea Cass Boulevard and Washington Street in Roxbury around 5:30 p.m., my new obsession tweets.
By adamg - 1/8/09 - 4:38 pm
Steven Walsh captures the aftermath yesterday in front of 124 Harvard St.
By adamg - 12/21/08 - 5:24 pm
Jeffrey Marsh tweets:
Boylston Apple Store still closed. Apparently there was a underground fire/manhole cover explosion, knocked the power out on most the block
By adamg - 5/2/08 - 1:39 pm
NStar worker injured, but expected to survive the flash fire under Freeport Street.
By adamg - 5/2/08 - 8:35 am
Flaming manhole this morning.
The Crimson reports on flaming manholes early this morning:
A fire started underground on the corner of Mass Ave and Dunster Street was visible through several manholes in the Square this morning. Harvard's Holyoke Center, Cambridge Savings Bank, Au Bon Pain, and other nearby institutions were evacuated, and automobile access to the Square had been severely restricted by the Cambridge Fire Department. ...
NeutralSurface took photos, including the one on the right.
Channel 5 reports. NECN has video on "the underground mechanical failure" as well (great fire-AND-ice NECN screen capture).
Sushiesque was on the scene later in the morning taking photos of the aftermath:
Mishka gets the day off.
Michael: On second thought, maybe I'll go to Yale.
Crispyfoods captures Old Flameful outside the Pit:
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