Exploding Manhole

This is a "non-passive failure" of a transformer under the corner of Bleecker St and Leroy St in New York City's West Village, about 10:20 pm on Saturday, January 1, 2011. Emergency crews (Police and Fire) showed up a few minutes later, and they blocked off the streets.

Edit: It isn't 2010 anymore, is it...

Edit 2: The flames were bigger before I could start recording, I was getting to a safer distance. I left when the smoke started getting close to me and called 911 from down the street without the fumes.

Edit 3: Spelling and phrasing.

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[DreamerT911]

Holy shit, the shit burns....

[DoctorRazzArea4]

awesome

[SXTCMODE]

@MrBrownhornet1974 what causes this to happen, is every manhole capable of doing this

[SuperSoundwave100]

Volcano!!

[thareaper254]

War of the Worlds.



[mattgazewood]

Lol bleecker is where the ninja turtles live or is that april

[NyaGaming]

fucking dragons

[MrBrownhornet1974]

once again..... it is not a transformer fire.... the colored flame that you see is due to the electric cables cross phasing! do you know what that means? electricity has 3 phases. that is apart of the delta "Y". do you know how i know this? because i work for con ed. i splice cables in those manholes you see. i dont care what you see on those poles. totally different system. i hope i helped you with your misguided delusion of a transformer fire