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Smoking manhole shuts down busy Boston street, impacting MBTA Green Line service

Smoking manhole shuts down busy Boston street, impacting MBTA Green Line service
BOSTON WITH THE LATEST ON THIS. SERA: JESSICA, CAR TRAFFIC, VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND BUSES ARE ROLLING AGAIN ON HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BUT THE GREEN LINE ON THIS SECTION OF HUNTINGTON AVENUE IS HALTED BECAUSE OF WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH THIS MANHOLE. T CREWS ARE DOWN BELOW TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. AROUND NOON, SMOKE, POSSIBLY STEAM, WAFTING FROM AN MBTA MANHOLE ON HUNTINGTON AVENUE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRACKS. POWER WAS SHUT DOWN TO THE E BRANCH OF THE GREEN LINE TROLLEY. SERVICE HALTED AT BRIGHAM CIRCLE. THE ROBE WAS SHUT DOWN, INCLUDING T BUS SERVICE. BOSTON FIRE AND T TECHNICIANS OPENED THE COVER. THEY DID NOT FIND ANY FIRE BUT THEY DID FIND SOME INTENSE HEAT. >> THERE’S NO INDICATION THERE’S A FIRE DOWN THERE. THERE WAS A GOOD AMOUNT OF HEAT. ON ARRIVAL, THE COMPANIES FOUND WITH THEIR THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA THAT THE MANHOLE COVER WAS ROUGHLY 250 TO 300 DEGREES. >> WE SAW WATER BEING PUMPED OUT FROM THE MANHOLE. I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT THAT WAS ALL ABOUT. VEHICLE AND T BUS SERVICE RESUMED ON THIS STRETCH OF HUNTINGTON AVENUE AROUND 2:30, BUT AGAIN, BRANCH SERVICE OF THE GREEN LINE TROLLEY HALTED AT BRIGHAM CIRCLE. WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED IF IT
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Smoking manhole shuts down busy Boston street, impacting MBTA Green Line service
Smoke streaming from an MBTA manhole in Boston on Friday shut down a busy street in the city and halted some trolley service.The smoke was reported near 835 Huntington Ave., and the road was closed in both directions for hours. The roadway reopened to traffic and MBTA buses at about 2:30 p.m.Boston Fire, along with MBTA technicians, opened the manhole cover not to find fire but intense heat."There’s no indication there’s a fire down there. There was a good amount of heat. Found the manhole cover with thermo imaging camera was roughly 250 to 300 degrees," said Boston Fire Acting Chief Michael Moran.Crews eventually started to pump water out from the manhole to get to the source of the problem. It’s unclear where that water is coming from.The MBTA said Green Line E Branch service is terminating at Brigham Circle because of the power problem. Riders were urged to use use Route 39 for alternate service to Heath Street.There have been no reports of any injuries.
BOSTON —

Smoke streaming from an MBTA manhole in Boston on Friday shut down a busy street in the city and halted some trolley service.

The smoke was reported near 835 Huntington Ave., and the road was closed in both directions for hours. The roadway reopened to traffic and MBTA buses at about 2:30 p.m.

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Boston Fire, along with MBTA technicians, opened the manhole cover not to find fire but intense heat.

"There’s no indication there’s a fire down there. There was a good amount of heat. Found the manhole cover with thermo imaging camera was roughly 250 to 300 degrees," said Boston Fire Acting Chief Michael Moran.

Crews eventually started to pump water out from the manhole to get to the source of the problem. It’s unclear where that water is coming from.

The MBTA said Green Line E Branch service is terminating at Brigham Circle because of the power problem. Riders were urged to use use Route 39 for alternate service to Heath Street.

There have been no reports of any injuries.

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