SEVERAL BLOCKS CLOSED AS CON ED WORKS TO RESTORE POWER AND FIX DAMAGE FROM FIRE
Several streets — including all Northbound traffic on Amsterdam from 65th to 72nd Street — remained closed on Friday morning after a major underground fire near 71st Street and Broadway.
As of 9 a.m. train service was working normally in the area.
Hundreds of local residents lost power. As of 9 a.m. on Friday, 646 local residents were still without power, according to a Con Ed outage map. Con Ed estimated that they’d have power back by 11 a.m.
Update: As of 11:45 a.m., 186 residents were still out of power. ConEd has revised their previous estimates to 3 p.m.
Due to a manhole fire on W71 & Bway. @ConEdison is working on repairs. 🚶traffic is closed W70-72 W/S of B'way. The following roadways are 🚫 pic.twitter.com/AJcS2lUEz5
— NYPD 20th Precinct (@NYPD20Pct) July 14, 2017
Top photo by Chris Cotter.
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