NYC tourists sent scrambling in Times Square after ‘huge bang’ reported

A loud bang brought on by a number of manhole fires close to Instances Sq. on Sunday night despatched folks scrambling in midtown Manhattan. 

Three manholes caught fireplace round 6:45 p.m. on W forty third St between seventh and eighth avenues, an space of town that’s full of vacationers at most hours, based on the NYFD. 

There have been no accidents on account of the incident, based on preliminary reviews from the NYPD and NYFD. 

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“Firefighters in means of looking surrounding properties for any elevated carbon monoxide ranges,” an NYFD spokesperson informed Fox Information Digital. 

Movies posted on social media confirmed folks carrying procuring baggage operating round forty eighth avenue. 

“Go, go. I do not know what it’s,” one involved man could possibly be heard saying. “I heard one thing.”

Manhole fires greater than doubled in New York Metropolis from fiscal 12 months 2020 to 2021, leaping to six,104 final 12 months, based on the Mayor’s Administration report launched final 12 months. 

Manhole fires usually happen when carbon monoxide or one other gasoline is ignited by {an electrical} brief circuit underground, sending an explosion by way of the trail of least resistance, which is normally a manhole, based on Hearth Engingeering journal. 

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