Manhole fire in Crown Heights causes power outages
Crown Heights residents were left without power Monday after a manhole burst into flames. Officials say a manhole near the intersection of Empire Boulevard and New York Avenue caught fire just before
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Sep 19, 2016, 11:20 PM
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Updated 3,027 days ago
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Crown Heights residents were left without power Monday after a manhole burst into flames.
Officials say a manhole near the intersection of Empire Boulevard and New York Avenue caught fire just before 11 a.m. Firefighters were able to put out the flames.
According to a Con Ed outage map, nearly 50 customers lost power.
No one was injured.
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