UPDATE on all the flickering lights, brownouts and explosions Friday at Lincoln and Underhill…
rockhound files an eyewitness report in the Prospect Heights Message Boards:
“Two major booms happened, then minor explosions followed. Thick black smoke poured from one of the holes. Two manholes were involved; it looks like one cover flew several feet through the air. Note damaged asphalt around hole.”
More from krs10a posted in blog comments below:
“I heard two loud explosions around 8:30. I called 911, and was told it was a ‘manhole fire’, and a fire engine was already on the scene.”
“A customer in Sabra (deli) said he saw a manhole cover shoot two stories into the air, but this is unconfirmed.”
“A super for a building on Lincoln Place said there was a car that was forced upward by the force of a manhole cover under it…”
Links to full-size photos in the Prospect Heights Message Boards