manhole fire

A manhole fire at East 81st Street and Second Avenue has forced several streets to be blocked off.

More than 1,800 New Yorkers were without power Sunday evening, Con Edison said.

The fire started on 14th between Fifth and Sixth avenues Thursday afternoon.

An underground explosion erupted from three manholes on Amsterdam Ave. between 131st and 133rd streets.

A manhole fire sparked on 14th Avenue in Brooklyn June 21, 2012.

Two manhole explosions caused power outages on one Midwood block Tuesday night.

One person suffered an arm injury after a manhole fire sent smoke into a nearby warehouse, FDNY said.

A manhole fire on West End Avenue at 82nd Street closed the thoroughfare to traffic Saturday morning.

Six people were evacuated Thursday after a manhole fire on East 25th Street and Lexington Avenue generated high levels of carbon monoxide.

Riverbank Park, which sits atop the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant, has been closed since a four alarm fire raged there Wednesday.

Firefighters shut down a portion of Sixth Avenue from 20th to 21st street after two manholes caught fire Monday afternoon.

An office building at 1359 Broadway was evacuated after a transformer started smoking, cutting power.

The manhole fire on East 51st Street between Second and Third avenues shut the street to traffic Friday morning.

Fourteen people fled their homes in the wake of a manhole fire on W. 161st Street near Riverside Drive.

A smoking manhole left 43 apartment units without power at 24 Thayer St., officials said.