Two Manhole Covers in New York Randomly Exploded Yesterday

They’re not supposed to do that, I don’t think.

Published 3 months ago in Wtf

Last week, a video went viral of a manhole cover in Bushwick, Brooklyn, exploding. Yesterday, it seems that it happened again.

According to News 12, at around 7 p.m. Thursday evening, a manhole was seen, well, exploding, sending black smoke into the sky. No one is sure what caused the fire, but the result is that over 200 homes were briefly without electricity.

No one was injured, and ComEd says they’re working to resolve the issue. I don’t know about you, but I personally don’t like knowing that manholes can just randomly explode sometimes!