CLEVELAND — Cleveland firefighters are back on scene downtown after some kind of explosion caused multiple manhole covers to blow off into the street.
Officials say it happened around 9:30 p.m. near the Standard building located at 99 West Saint Clair Avenue.
It’s unclear what caused the explosion, but no active fire or injuries were reported. The Illuminating Company is also on scene.
Earlier in the evening, firefighters responded to West 2nd street for a manhole cover that popped off due to an underground electrical fire.
Cleveland Police have Saint Clair from East 6th and West 3rd and Rockwell to Ontario closed for the time being.
This is a developing story. Stay with FOX 8 for updates.
#CLEFIRE Companies on scene downtown. One block further north of previous incident. The power of this second explosion broke the manhole cover. @illuminatingco on scene. pic.twitter.com/BFhkp3393O
— ClevelandFire (@ClevelandFire) November 16, 2018
#CLEFIRE Companies on scene at Standard Building. Reports of multiple exploding manhole covers. Updates to follow…
— ClevelandFire (@ClevelandFire) November 16, 2018
UPDATE ON PUBLIC SQUARE: Fire was in manhole on West 2nd north of Public Square. Pressure from electrical fire blew off the manhole cover. #CLEFIRE checked buildings for migrating smoke. Situation abated. @illuminatingco now in control, monitoring the scene. All roads now open. pic.twitter.com/qA5iGmMOP7
— ClevelandFire (@ClevelandFire) November 15, 2018
— Stochastic Jocosity (@murrdogg) November 15, 2018