Tag: manhole fires

Underground fires forced smoke out of manholes on West End Avenue around 70th Street on Monday night, causing buses to be rerouted.

A section of 86th Street was blocked off a little after 6 a.m. after a manhole fire broke out at 86th and Broadway.

An underground electrical cable failed in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, sending smoke pouring out of a manhole at 86th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam.

Neighbors were awoken after 1 a.m. on Tuesday morning because of a manhole fire in front of 575 West End Avenue at 88th street.

A series of manhole fires resulted in many residents losing power around Broadway and 107th-109th streets Sunday night. Multiple