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# [UPDATE] Manhole Explodes In Park Slope Late Wednesday
- URL: https://bklyner.com/manhole-explodes-park-slope-late-wednesday/
- Published: 2017-05-11T15:00:50.000Z
- Updated: 2017-05-11T16:57:36.000Z
- Author: Pamela Wong
- Tags: News, North Western Brooklyn, Park Slope, Police & Fire, 5th Avenue, Con Edison, manhole explosion, Second Street, #wp

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5th Avenue & 2nd Street, Park Slope via Google Maps

**\[*UPDATED: May 11, 1:00pm—Con Edison responded to the scene at 12:10am this morning after being notified by the FDNY, Bob McGee, a spokesperson for ConED says.***

***A couple of manholes were smoking when they arrived to the scene and an explosion occurred at approximately 12:45am, he says. The explosion caused windows at 283 Fifth Avenue to break.***

***McGee says 63 customers experienced an outage but that all power was restored by 4:45am this morning.***

***A secondary cable burn-out is the suspected cause of the incident. ConEd crews have removed the damaged cable and will examine it. They are currently working on installing a new cable. The work should take another day or two.*\]**

Smoke was seen billowing out of a manhole cover on 2nd Street and 5th Avenue in Park Slope Wednesday night before an explosion blasted underground.

The incident occurred around 11:30pm last night and was captured on video.

> So a manhole just exploded in Park Slope… [#explosion](https://twitter.com/hashtag/explosion?src=hash&ref=bklyner.com) [#Brooklyn](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brooklyn?src=hash&ref=bklyner.com) [#ParkSlope](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ParkSlope?src=hash&ref=bklyner.com) [pic.twitter.com/M9WAD15XNc](https://t.co/M9WAD15XNc?ref=bklyner.com)
> 
> — Michele Tymann (@micheletymann) [May 11, 2017](https://twitter.com/micheletymann/status/862510017873932288?ref=bklyner.com)

The fire department received a call from a residence on 2nd Street at 11:19pm Wednesday regarding debris/rubbish on the street. When they arrived on the scene, firefighters discovered the manhole fire, a FDNY representative says.

They had the fire under control at approximately 1:10am. No injuries were reported, according to the FDNY.

Con Edison says the explosion was due to an “equipment failure,” according to [NBC New York](http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Manhole-Explosion-Smoking-Park-Slope-Brooklyn-Caught-on-Video-421962743.html?ref=bklyner.com).

BKLYNER has reached out to ConEd for further information and will update as details come in.