VIDEO: Explosions were felt outside Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston Tuesday afternoon, firefighters said.
Smoke was seen coming out of manholes on Charles Street near Longfellow Bridge and the Charles/MGH MBTA Red Line station. The fire was reported around 3:15 p.m., the Boston Fire Department said in a tweet.
Eversource said the explosions and fire was due to an equipment failure, and that it caused power outages at a nearby hotel and school, as well as the T station.
One of the explosions was powerful enough to send a manhole cover flying into the bottom of the T track. The explosions caused the ground around the manholes to buckle, according to firefighters, who said they've managed to get the flames under control.