A Mr. Manhole cutter extractor, attached to a Caterpillar 279C compact track loader equipped with a Cat A26B high-flow auger drive unit, cuts through pavement in Hardinsburg, KY. It is well known that ...

PORT ST LUCIE, Fla., Dec. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Fires and explosions to underground electrical infrastructure can occur anytime throughout the year, but there is a dramatic increase in these events ...

Osman Bah was driving his taxi through Midtown when an underground explosion shot four heavy manhole covers into the air. The blast near Lexington Avenue and 44th Street sent one of the metal covers ...

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An underground electrical cable failure caused smoke and intense heat to pour from several manholes on Newbury Street on Tuesday night, forcing multiple building evacuations in the area, according to ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Over 100 Staten Islanders were left without power around 1 p.m. Sunday in New Springville. According to Con Edison’s online outage map, at least 104 customers were without power ...

This article was originally published on Feb 13 at 5:11pm EST by THE CITY. Andrew Fine assumed lightning struck when he heard an explosion outside his Manhattan apartment on a recent Friday night. But ...

KHOU 11 saw at least three manhole covers that popped out of the ground in the Washington Corridor area, as rainstorms moved through the area Friday.