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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - A person holds an umbrella as they walk through steam in a street of the Lower Manhattan borough of New York city on December 27, 2023. — AFP pic
NEW YORK, Dec 28 — A bustling central New York street was shrouded in vapour when a pipe carrying steam for heating homes and businesses unexpectedly failed yesterday, partially closing the busy tourist area.
Plumes of steam escaping the centralised heating and hot water system that runs under the city’s streets are not uncommon, but New York Mayor Eric Adams said local people were recommended to wear masks as a precaution.
Some steam pipes are lined with asbestos, an insulating material associated with lung cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
“The cause of the leak is still under investigation... we don’t have any reported injuries thank God,” he told journalists.
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“We have a pretty big area we need to clean,” said the city’s emergency management commissioner Zachary Iscol, referring to the risk of asbestos contamination.
The Manhattan district known as Midtown East is speckled with bars and restaurants popular with tourists and visitors and sits close to the city’s hugely popular Rockefeller Center Christmas tree and lights display.
It was cordoned off by firefighters and police as engineers in full body protective suits and respirators worked to fix the failure which happened in the early hours of yesterday.
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According to utility company ConEd, its Manhattan steam system serves “more than three million New Yorkers.”
“We provide customers with heat, hot water, air conditioning, humidification (and) dry cleaning,” it says on its website. — AFP
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