JUNE 13, 2015
BRONX, NYC
Two children and an adult were injured when an explosion
sent a manhole cover flying through the air Friday night in the Bronx,
authorities said.
The manhole cover plate burst from the ground near Park
Avenue and East 188th Street around 8:25 p.m., and smacked into the kids,
officials said.
The children, whose exact ages weren’t immediately known,
were treated at St. Barnabas Hospital for minor injuries.
The blast also knocked an adult woman to the ground, but she
declined medical attention.
The explosion appears to have resulted from a small fire
that broke out near an underground Con Edison electrical box, sources said.
There was no reported loss of power in the area.
Source: http://nypost.com