A manhole exploded underneath an occupied New York City MTA bus, sending the nearly 300-pound iron plate cover up through the floor of the bus and hitting a passenger sitting on the bus Tuesday. The ...

BUSHWICK, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A manhole explosion was captured on video on Thursday afternoon in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The explosion happened at 5:21 p.m. on Central Avenue between Myrtle Avenue and ...

MIDTOWN (WABC) -- Monday night work crews returned to the spot where a man used to pulling shots of espresso wound up pulling two people from a wrecked taxi. In Manhattan, the taxi drove over a ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Firefighters were on the scene after an underground explosion caused a manhole cover to fly into the air in the Old City section of Philadelphia. It happened at 9:20 a.m.

Residents in a quiet Virginia neighborhood were jolted from their sleep early Sunday after what sounded like an explosion ripped through the area—sending manhole covers flying and prompting an ...

Across major U.S. cities, an invisible danger waits below street level - exploding manholes that strike without warning. These violent incidents send flames and heavy metal lids hurtling skyward, ...

This video took place on December 17, 2025, in Tongren, Guizhou. In the surveillance footage, a boy sets off fireworks near a manhole cover. When the firework rolls to the edge of the cover, it ...