NY Post – April 14, 2015
by Gabrielle Fonrouge
A water main break caused the ground to shake in Queens and the flooding caused fires underground, fire officials said.
The busted pipe caused flooding near National Street and 43rd Avenue in Corona around 8:45 a.m., Monday, officials said.
“At first just the pipe burst and it was all flooded here in the morning… Then all of a sudden the manholes had steam coming out,” said Lisa Deng, 22, who works at Dream Tech Auto Services.
A firefighter at the scene said the flooding caused a fire to erupt beneath the manhole.
“It was rumbling! The ground was rumbling and I guess they were going to let it explode but it didn’t explode.”
The blaze scorched a white Chevrolet Cruze that was being serviced by Dream Tech.
“I was so worried that the whole shop was going to be gone like what happened in the city. I was so worried it was going to explode and destroy my whole shop,” said Deng.
No injuries were reported in the incident’
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