A grandmother and her two grandchildren narrowly escaped death after a manhole exploded seconds after they walked over it in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on Saturday, April 19, video footage shows.

London P&I Club issues warning on manhole gasket and bilge pump shortcomings. THE London P&I Club has reported a growing incidence of shortcomings with regard to the condition of manhole cover ...

A woman and her two grandchildren narrowly avoided a manhole cover explosion in Poughkeepsie, New York. See the dramatic video.

A manhole cover ended up impaled in the roof a triple-decker home after an explosion in Somerville Thursday.

CAMBRIDGE - Two manhole explosions shut down Harvard Square Wednesday. It happened shortly after 8:30 a.m. on Brattle Street. It's not clear yet what caused the explosions. Eversource raced to ...

Whether plain or beautifully designed, manhole covers are more than just simple slabs of metal. These photos give an inside view on the manufacturing process.

A New York woman and two young children are seen on video narrowly avoiding a manhole explosion as they were walking along a sidewalk in Poughkeepsie.

An explosion on the Texas Tech University campus in Lubbock set off fires and power outages Wednesday, leading school officials to issue evacuation orders for several buildings and cancel classes ...

Dramatic footage captured the moment a manhole explosion nearly hit a grandmother and her two grandkids as they were walking home from an Easter egg hunt in Poughkeepsie.

A manhole cover in downtown Detroit, at the corner of Congress and Bates, launched off the ground Friday afternoon, sending one to the hospital.

Amissing woman who became stuck in a tiny confined space under a manhole cover has died hours after she was rescued by firefighters.

A family walking in Poughkeepsie, New York was nearly hit by exploding manhole covers, video shows. They had just come from an Easter egg hunt.