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Watch: Manhole explosion at Times Square, New York leads to chaos as panicked bystanders flee

The New York Police Department confirmed that the explosion was due to a cable failure.

Scroll Staff
Apr 12, 2022 · 03:23 pm

🚨#BREAKING: Manhole explodes creating massive panic at Times Square

📌#Manhattan l #Newyork

Emergency crews are at Time square as Multiple underground fires caused A manhole to explode, creating panic around the time square Area police have closed off the area to the public pic.twitter.com/CjtYNE1nac

— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) April 10, 2022

Terrified tourist runs away from Times Square after a manhole exploded yesterday….no injuries reported 🙏….let’s find her and hook up a nice NYC lunch far away from that tourist trap for her and her friends pic.twitter.com/SLuLnXwJl4

— Wu-Tang Is For The Children (@WUTangKids) April 11, 2022

Manhole cover explosion in NYC's Times Square. People screaming, everybody running in fear!

Then there's this guy... pic.twitter.com/FsSfmqv0Iw

— truth3rb0t 🎭 (@trutherbotnet) April 11, 2022
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