One week after an underground explosion tore through South Monroe Street in Downtown Tallahassee, new details are helping explain how it happened.
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New details reveal sealed manholes and wire insulation may have fueled South Monroe Street explosion
ABC 27’s Lentheus Chaney reviewed the city’s preliminary findings and spoke with a former aircraft mechanic who says the materials used to protect electrical wires may have helped fuel the explosion.
Jeff Shockey, a commercial and residential inspector and former aircraft mechanic, says the protective covering around underground electrical wires can become part of the danger when something goes wrong…