**UPDATE**
Just heard from friend and reader Uldis that the commotion on Carroll Street, between Clinton and Henry Street on Tuesday night, was the result of a manhole fire. It knocked out electricity to all the houses on the block, which Con Edison was able to restore a few hours later.
A Honda Odyssey, which had been parked above the manhole, burst into flames and the firemen had to rush to the scene. The car belonged to a resident of Carroll Street.
Thanks for the info, Uldis.
A Honda Odyssey, which had been parked above the manhole, burst into flames and the firemen had to rush to the scene. The car belonged to a resident of Carroll Street.
Thanks for the info, Uldis.
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This afternoon, I received an email from reader Becca. Apparently, there was a fire on Carroll Street on Tuesday night. Here is what she writes:
"About the fire that was on Carroll St between Henry and Clinton last night- kept the whole block awake and left them without power this (Wednesday) morning? I'd be curious to here what happened and anxious to hear that no one got hurt!"
Becca noticed a melted car early on Wednesday morning, but when I walked down that block in the afternoon, it was gone and nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
Does anyone have any information?
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3 comments:
I live on that block, diagonally across from where the fire happened. All my electric items started flickering when the fire started and it was very loud. I think it was some sort of electrical fire. The Con Ed "Emergency truck" has been parked on the block ever since it all went down (still there tonight), and this afternoon when I got home around 5:15 PM, there was another round of fire trucks leaving the area (though more on the corner of Carroll and Henry). Wondering if the electrical wires on the block are under supervision? Would also be interested to hear more info if anyone has some...
Last I heard about this was that there were several manhole covers "popping" including the one on Carroll.
I didn't know about the car fire, but if it were parked above a manhole fie, that would have explained it.
Generally, when there's too much ice melt/salt runoff in the sewers it causes these things - but I can't see why this would have happened since we haven't been salted since the last big snow several weeks ago. (Unless there was a lot of residual salt, because it hasn't really rained AND Carroll Street has been skipped 3 weeks in a row by the Street Cleaners!!)
Katia,
Con Ed trucks were on the block all day yesterday; I guess fixing the wiring.
I wonder if anyone (or many) were out of power this whole time?
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