Footage from a security camera located outside a night club in Peterborough captures two incidents of a manhole cover exploding, narrowly missing two passers-by. Both explosions happened within the space of three weeks on Brook Street in Peterborough city centre. In the second incident, a young couple were fortunate to avoid injury after the cover exploded just feet from them.
The blast sent flames and smoke into the air and shook nearby buildings. Mr Keetley, manager of Angels, checked the CCTV footage after hearing the latest blast. He said: “The bang was really loud. It shook the building walls. I saw flames outside followed by plumes of smoke. I rushed outside and could see that a manhole cover had flown off.
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“If the couple had been walking a few paces faster they could have been seriously injured." Mr Keetley added: “The explosion on November 6 was much bigger and more dramatic. It happened early in the morning so nobody noticed until we checked the camera footage.
“I don’t know what’s going on with that cover but this can’t be allowed to happen a third time.” Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said the blast may have been caused by wires overheating. A spokesman for BT, which owns the manhole, said that an investigation will now take place to find the cause of both explosions.
2 comments:
Is it my eyesight, or is that bloke wearing the "anonymous" mask from "V" for Vendetta??
It does look like he's either wearing a white mask or white makeup.
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