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Manhole explosion sends people into panic in Times Square

eNewsPortal 12-Apr-2022 General

New York manholeexplosion sends people into panic in Times Square. also at Least 5 People shot in Train.
NEW YORK Part of Times Square was closed off Sunday evening after an explosion and fire in a manhole.

It happened around 6:45 p.m. on West 43rd Street near Seventh Avenue.

Con Edison says a power cable failure led to an explosion and fire in a manhole. As firefighters worked to put out the fire, dark gray smoke came from that manhole and two others, filling the air.

"Once I seen the fire, the cops are telling me to back up. I slowly start backing up, but still I started, like, then again, I started proceeding, like, to the fire and then it actually exploded right in front of me and that's when I was just, like, I started running," witness Lavier Pounds said.



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