KUALA LUMPUR: The gruelling search and rescue (SAR) operation for Vijayalaksmi will see the flushing of two manholes again after it was discovered that the water flow in the sewage system was slow.

“There are machines available for cleaning sewers, yet workers are still being sent into manholes to cut costs. Constant monitoring is essential because manual scavenging continues in the open, ...

Suddenly, there's an explosion in front of your car. Through the smoke, you see a manhole cover flipping through the air like a giant POG (if you were a kid in the '90s, you'd get that reference).

A dad is warning people to be aware of manholes after terrifying footage shows his toddler 'almost die' by plummeting six-feet down a 'barely covered' water company manhole. Footage shows ...

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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD/Gray News) - An explosion at a substation at Texas Tech University caused fire and smoke to billow out from manholes on campus, prompting school officials to evacuate ...

Issuing evacuation orders and canceling classes, the university later explained that the explosion occurred at a manhole. "TechAlert! There is a power outage on the Texas Tech University campus in ...

Several building at Texas Tech University in Lubbock were evacuated on Wednesday after officials confirmed that an explosion in a manhole caused multiple fires. The campus was also hit with a ...

Jon Tunnell said at the briefing. They found “multiple manhole covers with active fire and smoke issuing from them,” he said. No injuries were reported, Tunnell said. An alert from the ...

This comes after reports of a gas leak led to multiple manhole covers exploding and neon green flames erupted from the sewers. The university was quick to shut down portions of the campus, including ...

An alert sent to the campus community around 8:45 p.m. described the explosion as occurring at a substation but a later update said it was at a manhole. No injuries were reported, Lubbock Fire ...

An alert sent to the campus community around 8:45 p.m. described the explosion as occurring at a substation, but a later update said it was at a manhole. No injuries were reported, Lubbock Fire ...