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Major emergency response as three booms and shakes are felt on New York's Roosevelt Island: Firefighters are urgently 'trying to find the source' as they probe 'manhole fires'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Firefighters have initiated an emergency response protocol after 'three booms and shakes' were felt in New York City's Roosevelt Island early Tuesday morning.Crews were called to the 580 block of Main Street, south of the Roosevelt Island Bridge & Tram, just before 6am after receiving reports of an explosion and building shaking, FDNY told DailyMail.com. Roosevelt Island residents reported being woken up this morning to at least 'three instances of a boom and a shake', with the third vibration being 'felt further away'. Firefighters remain at the scene and are 'trying to find the source' of the possible explosion. NYPD has said the blast could have been caused by a transformer - a device which transfers electric energy from one circuit to another while decreasing the voltage. EMS personnel claimed FDNY crews are investigating 'multiple maintenance hole fires', reports alleged. Emergency responders have 'reported feeling vibrations' in both Roosevelt Island, Manhattan and Queens and allegedly requested that energy firm Con Edison 'address power outages at several buildings'. No injuries have been reported in the incident and the investigation remains ongoing. Posted by: Skidmark 2024-01-02 |
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