June 17, 2011. FDNY and NYPD responded to an underground electrical fire at the intersection of Austin Street and Continental in Forest Hills. Flames were randomly shooting out of manholes.
Shot on an iPhone4 and edited in iMovie for iPhone.
@lsteer100 Many manholes aren't "sewers", they are underground electrical transformers (notice the lack of overhead powerlines for the amount of buildings there are). Electrical conduits run between transformers and from transformers to buildings. Sometimes they short out and burn especially in winter with salty run-off going into them. Since you can't put water on an electrical fire, the FD has to wait for Con-Ed, and in the meantime they check adjoining buildings for smoke, fire, and CO.
Flaming...man...holes....
envisionelec 3 weeks ago
Why?
81megaman 1 month ago
Omg
81megaman 1 month ago
@lsteer100 Many manholes aren't "sewers", they are underground electrical transformers (notice the lack of overhead powerlines for the amount of buildings there are). Electrical conduits run between transformers and from transformers to buildings. Sometimes they short out and burn especially in winter with salty run-off going into them. Since you can't put water on an electrical fire, the FD has to wait for Con-Ed, and in the meantime they check adjoining buildings for smoke, fire, and CO.
Ten7d5 3 months ago
I NEVER remembered that.
Aeiutube 4 months ago
what is going on exactly?
lsteer100 5 months ago
flare up at :50
trainluvr 6 months ago