CCTV footage taken in Birmingham shows the moment an exploding manhole cover is hurled upwards, narrowly missing a young girl. The images were released by West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service which ...

BOSTON (AP) — Boston officials believe an underground cable failure was the cause of a fire and explosion that sent two manhole covers flying through the air. No injuries were reported. Authorities ...

AN UNDERGROUND explosion blasted a manhole cover off on a busy town centre street on Anglesey on Tuesday afternoon. Blown fuses under the road of Llangefni High Street caused the explosion at just ...

A child narrowly avoids being crushed by a manhole cover after an explosion underground in Warwick Road Acocks Green, in Birmingham. Hay Mills fire service says the explosion left a metre-deep hole.

Students had a lucky escape when a manhole cover was blasted out of the ground just yards from their front window. The students rushed out of the back door after the metal plate blew into the air in a ...

A man was rushed to hospital after an explosion in a manhole near a busy London station. London Ambulance Service (LAS) was called at 8.01am today to reports of the incident at the junction of Hart ...

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