Manholes explode in the Back Bay

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By adamg on Mon, 02/11/2019 - 1:35pm

Boston firefighters are on Columbus Avenue in the area of Isabella Street, where manholes exploded in flames around 1:25 p.m.

Jan reported hearing a "GIANT boom."

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By Matt_J on Mon, 02/11/2019 - 2:39pm.

Could you describe this "boom?"

By King.of.Brighton on Mon, 02/11/2019 - 3:33pm.

Sorta like a "ka-Pow!" but with a bit of a "thud!"

By anon on Mon, 02/11/2019 - 3:54pm.

"Boom" describes itself.

By anon on Mon, 02/11/2019 - 4:42pm.

By SwirlyGrrl on Mon, 02/11/2019 - 4:49pm.

My inner 10 year old really wants to take that over, because "exploding manhole" you know!

By anon on Mon, 02/11/2019 - 2:47pm.

good thing there is a fire station right nearby.

By anon on Mon, 02/11/2019 - 3:34pm.

Manholes exploded all the time in the back bay.

By APB on Mon, 02/11/2019 - 7:32pm.

I seem to have missed that, but then I've only lived here 38 years.

By anon on Mon, 02/11/2019 - 8:15pm.

That's because I think he's being cheeky with the location having a large gay community

By lbb on Tue, 02/12/2019 - 8:33am.

...just homophobic.