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Forbes Avenue Fire Leaves Hundreds Powerless

Explosion Lifted Manhole Cover

UPDATED: 12:28 pm EDT September 16, 2002

An explosion and electrical fire beneath Forbes Avenue blew the cover off a manhole in the Squirrel Hill business district early Monday, WTAE's Emily Ryan reported.

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The incident at 3:15 a.m. left about 300 residential and business Duquesne Light customers without power.

A utility crew pumped water out of the sewer, which contains a 4,000-volt line that feeds three transformers between Shady and Murray avenues. Traffic flow was limited during the morning hours.

There were no injuries. A store along Forbes was reportedly damaged.

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