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Smoking Manhole Knocks Out Power to Inwood Apartments

By DNAinfo Staff on March 10, 2011 10:58am

A smoking manhole caused a power outage at 24 Thayer st. Thursday morning.
A smoking manhole caused a power outage at 24 Thayer st. Thursday morning.
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By Olivia Scheck

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

MANHATTAN — Dozens of apartments were without power Thursday morning after a manhole began to smoke in Upper Manhattan, the FDNY and Con Edison said.

The incident, which was reported at 7:40 a.m., left 43 apartment units without power at 24 Thayer St. between Nagle and Sherman Avenues, fire and utility officials said.

A Con Ed spokesperson said a crew was on the scene and expected to have power restored within a few hours.

Heating was not affected by the outage, the spokesperson said.