Fire in the Hole!
First there was the gas main line rupture downtown less than a week ago, and now Harvard Square in Cambridge has suffered exploding manholes.
At about 2:30am, (un)lucky residents and passersby had the opportunity to witness fire literally shooting out of a Harvard Square manhole and ten feet into the air at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Dunster Street. A series of four or more explosions were the result of fire beneath the ground, and fortunately, no one was hurt.
The fire eventually extinguished itself around 8:30am, about five hours after the Cambridge Fire Department responded to the emergency. According to Deputy Fire Chief James F. Burns, the culprit was oil in a subterranean utility tunnel that was set aflame by an explosion after an electrical cable malfunctioned.
Take a look at the video following the jump to see something many of us don’t see often, courtesy of dear old Massachusetts.
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