While the odds of getting struck by an exploding manhole cover are low, they’re not zero. According to the 2021 New York City Mayor Management Report, the New York Fire Department responded to 261 ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - Eversource Energy has debuted new manhole covers that the company said will prevent them from occasionally exploding several feet in the air, as several covers have done in Boston this ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - Two manhole covers have exploded in Boston during the morning commute, according to the city’s police department. A call came in at 8:40 a.m. that the covers had exploded at the ...