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.
The first minutes of the attack on the New York subway. People run out of the car in smoke, several injured passengers are visible.
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The offender has not yet been arrested - the police are looking for him. #BreakingNews #NewYork pic.twitter.com/JeEXBpuB0M
"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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— isabefal πΊπ¦πΉπ· (@etaynik) April 12, 2022
America under attack. Russia please send army to establish peace in USA
— Brown Man (@browwnman) April 12, 2022
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