FDNY responds to major steam leak in Greenwich Village

Large plumes of scorching steam billowed into the sky in Greenwich Village after a serious leak Saturday evening.

The FDNY known as Con Edison round 9:48 p.m. requesting that service be turned off for 3 prospects within the space of West tenth Avenue and Seventh Avenue, the utility instructed The Submit.

No accidents had been reported, Con Ed mentioned.

Video exhibits a number of hearth vans and a few dozen firefighters and different responders on the scene — the place steam fires quickly out of the bottom close to a sidewalk.

The scene is captured the place the massive steam explosion passed off within the space of West tenth Avenue and Seventh Avenue on April 2, 2022.

Christopher Sadowski

The FDNY known as Con Edison to request that service be turned off for 3 prospects after the key steam explosion in Greenwich village on April 2, 2022.

Christopher Sadowski

A firefighter appears to be like on close to the scene of the explosion attributable to a serious leak in Greenwich Village on April 2, 2022.

Christopher Sadowski

Within the space round the primary leak, steam additionally shot out from the edges of manhole covers on the street.

A number of passersby stopped to observe the spectacle.

The FDNY didn't instantly reply to The Submit’s request for additional particulars.