A manhole cover exploded on Monday around 1 p.m. in front of the Brooklyn Expo Center in Greenpoint. A spokesman for FDNY said that a “smoking manhole cover” was reported around 1 p.m. today and that the investigation is complete as FDNY remains on scene.
A woman who was walking on Noble Street around 1 p.m. started to record a smoking manhole cover which seconds later exploded.…
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