Con Ed said a power cable failure led to an explosion and fire in a manhole.
“Once I’m seeing the fire, the cops are telling me to back up and start backing up. But still I started like proceeding to the fire‚ and then it’s actually exploded right in front of me. And that’s when I was just like I started running,” Lavier Pounds said.
Marivic Jaks said she is visiting from California and was running late to catch her tour bus when she heard the boom. “We just missed it. We missed the bus. Five minutes of walking and then a loud, loud … I’m still nervous and shaking,” she said.Officials said there were elevated carbon monoxide levels in an office building, and firefighters assisted Con Ed crews in ventilating the cellar and subcellar of that building.Copyright 2022 WCBS via CNN Newsource. All rights reserved.
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