An increase in the number of reports of exploding manhole covers could be the result of faulty electrical cables damaged by the wettest winter on record. There have been reports of 64 exploding or ...

The pavement of a busy London street suddenly 'exploded' into flames last night, shocking residents who had to be led to safety. A 'huge' fireball burst through a manhole cover on Holloway Road, ...

The number of manhole covers exploding has dramatically increased according to new figures released by the Health and Safety Executive. Experts believe the fireballs are caused by power surges in ...

Discover how cold weather cities face the issue of exploding manholes and what researchers are doing to prevent explosions. So, what is the link between cold weather and exploding manholes? Cities ...

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 ...

This is the moment a small child was narrowly missed by an exploding manhole. Shocking CCTV footage released by West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service shows two cast iron manhole covers being hurled ...

Faulty electrical cables are leading to a sharp increase in fires like the one in Piccadilly in London this week, experts have said Last week a road in Piccadilly was closed off after multiple ...

This is the worrying moment a woman was almost hit by an exploding manhole cover when flash flooding hit a busy shopping street. Footage filmed by passerby Jode Wardell shows the concrete manhole ...

An exploding manhole cover launched a boy into the air on 9 February after he threw a lit firecracker into a sewer and triggered a blast in central China's Henan Province. Surveillance video at a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rio de Janeiro, the picturesque Brazilian city and host for the 2014 World Cup finals and the Olympics two ...

This is why you don’t throw a firecracker down the drain. A video from China shows the moment a young boy is knocked to the ground after dropping a lit firecracker down a manhole. It doesn’t quite ...

If you just felt those earthquake-like rumbles, no need to fear. It was probably just hundreds of manholes exploding all over the city at once. Since Friday, a worrying 400 manhole fires have ignited ...