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Underground fire in Hartford manholes under investigation: Police

The area of Farmington Avenue and Laurel Street is shut down as police and firefighters investigate.

HARTFORD, Conn. — The area of Farmington Avenue and Laurel Street is shut down as Hartford police and firefighters investigate an electrical fire underground in the city's manholes, police confirmed with FOX61 on Thursday afternoon.

Crews were on the scene where smoke was coming out from several manholes, but the fire has been extinguished.

The cause of the explosion was a broken water main and electrical fire, but this was first reported as an underground manhole explosion. There was a large fire several feet high when crews arrived.

Crews had to isolate the area.

Farmington Avenue Between Forest Street and Sigourney Street remains closed as of Friday morning, as well as Laurel Street between Niles Street and Hawthorn Street.

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No one was hurt during the incident and power was out to a few buildings including the Dunkin’ nearby.

People are asked to avoid the area and seek alternate routes as the investigation continues. There have been no evacuations yet. 

Crews worked on the scene into early Friday morning.

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