Baltimore’s City Council public safety committee is hauling city and utility officials into City Hall today, looking for straight answers after a forensic review found that combustible gases detonated in an underground manhole on Sept. 29, 2024. The blast sent manhole covers flying across the downtown corridor, sparked underground and basement fires, cut power for hours, and battered ground-floor businesses, leaving residents and merchants pushing hard for a faster plan to shore up the city’s aging conduit network.
The committee says it will drill into the investigation’s findings, the current health of the conduit system, and what concrete steps the city and utilities can take to keep a similar incident from happening again. As reported by WBAL NewsRadio, the…..