UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan — Two Manhattan buildings were without power Friday because of a manhole fire. The manhole fire happened at West 64th Street and Broadway, and was reported around 8:40 ...

Con Edison said the fire was likely caused by road salt and melting ice, damaging underground wiring and sparking the fire.

Hundreds of New York City manholes have started smoking or have caught fire since Saturday — marking the busiest stretch of manhole problems for Con Edison in over a year, the agency said.

Smoke was sent billowing up from multiple Con Edison manholes due to a fire on the Upper West Side late Thursday afternoon.

A manhole fire and explosion in Manhattan early on Sunday morning damaged cars and storefronts, caused power failures and injured at least three people, officials said.

Con Edison says explosions blew the covers of two manholes at Eighth Avenue and 35th Street in Midtown Manhattan Wednesday morning.

Con Edison said it has responded to at least 200 manhole explosions or fires since Sunday, though none have caused injuries like the one to a man walking his dog in Park Slope Monday.

Con Edison has yet to figure out why a large swath of Manhattan's West Side was plunged into darkness by the blackout that lasted more than five hours on Saturday night.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The FDNY and Con Edison are on the scene of a manhole fire on the West Side of Manhattan Wednesday evening that forced the evacuation at least one building.

A federal investigation later found that Con Edison violated safety measures by failing to turn off leaky electrical wires in the manhole before crews worked on them.