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Exploding Manhole Destroys Iraq Vet's SUV
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Garth Johnston
Published Feb 3, 2011
Modified Feb 3, 2011
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Early this morning eight-year Iraq vet Nigel Edinborough moved his 2002 Ford Escape to a new spot on Empire Boulevard in Crown Heights and headed home. And only moments after he walked away the manhole beneath the car went KA-BOOM. By the time he returned to his vehicle it was a smoldering, burned out mess. "It was like back in Iraq," the vet told the Post. Yes, we're in the middle of exploding manhole season, but that doesn't make stories about them any less jaring.
And to make this particular story even crazier, the manhole that blew Edinborough's car away wasn't even the only one that exploded on the block today. According to Con Ed it was one of three!
Manhole covers explode, according to the utility, when salt laid on streets corrodes cables, which can either catch fire or release gas that builds up and sends manhole covers flying.
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