Electrical fire blamed for two Upper West Side manhole fires

Sunday, December 2, 2018
UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- An electrical fire underground is now being blamed for two manhole fires that shook Manhattan's Upper West Side.

The first fire happened on 104th Street and Columbus Avenue around 2:30 Sunday afternoon.
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The second fire happened two and a half hours later on the same street - just feet away.

There were no injuries, and no outages were reported.
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ConEd was on the scene Sunday night making repairs.

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