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Flaming Manholes on Austin Street, Forest Hills NY

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Uploaded by on Jun 20, 2011

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.

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  • Flaming...man...holes....

  • Why?

  • Omg

  • @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.

  • I NEVER remembered that.

  • what is going on exactly?

  • flare up at :50

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