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7K lose power when manhole explodes

Title: 7K lose power when manhole explodes

Published: Fri, 16 Oct 2009

Description: MEDFORD - A Medford manhole fire has forced a building evacuation, halted all downtown traffic and knocked out power in the central of town. FOX25’s Shirley Chan reports.

Full Article: http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/manhole_explosion_in_medford_101609

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" Craig is still hard at work trying to sort power right now the best estimate is that happened between one -- and at the height of the problem the 7000. Customers were without power about half of them has had service restored. But for those without it's going to be a long night."

" They're little right to bide your -- in -- would be living in the Dark Knight didn't have her candles flashed lights and light. -- Pent up batteries in -- twelve hours after manhole fires erupted on main street near Medford square Norman alike. Other customers are still without power it is galactic collision now agree -- an underground cable malfunctioned. Electrical fires erupted blasting -- interval copper up port. Flames shot 25 to thirty feet in the air."

" All this on the whole building should communities felt like. I got out of trilogy -- him smashing through the front of the building."

" People had to be evacuated and businesses have been closed all day this evening to power outages continue wood street in traffic lights down. Police officers had to direct cars with flashlights enhance national greatest still trying to figure out what happened. Experts -- as the cables are only about five years old this leg of the operation that provides the power of the city he has on the cables. -- set up a shelter at a night for those meat which ready for people and warm here grabbed -- little bit and I needed but many people like -- prefer ticket out at home taking care for 98 year old mother had a cold. But dad and had. You don't fund at that point -- says they will investigate. Exactly what caused the minimal -- and a right now their focus is to get everyone's power. Back on in Medford Shirley Chan Bok when he --"

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