{"id":2413544,"date":"2025-03-17T15:56:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-eerie-green-flames-explode-rattle-heavy-manhole-covers-in-freak-texas-tech-fire\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T15:56:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:56:02","slug":"watch-eerie-green-flames-explode-rattle-heavy-manhole-covers-in-freak-texas-tech-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-eerie-green-flames-explode-rattle-heavy-manhole-covers-in-freak-texas-tech-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Eerie Green Flames Explode, Rattle Heavy Manhole Covers in Freak Texas Tech Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-eerie-green-flames-explode-rattle-heavy-manhole-covers-in-freak-texas-tech-fire%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2413544&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Green flames exploded from numerous manhole covers at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Social media videos showed one cover rattling like a lid on a witch&rsquo;s cauldron as the mysterious fire erupted from underground.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Brightly colored flames were seen shooting up from manholes at Texas Tech as evacuations continued amid &ldquo;multiple fires&rdquo; spreading across campus buildings. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tkAlEi4e0O\">pic.twitter.com\/tkAlEi4e0O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The General (@GeneralMCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeneralMCNews\/status\/1899998975022772709?\">March 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>An initial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/faa-grounds-air-traffic-spacex-explosion-off-us-coast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explosion<\/a> may have prompted the numerous manhole fires, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcbd.com\/2025\/03\/13\/texas-tech-gives-update-substation-explosion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KCBD<\/a> in Lubbock reported.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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Light cut power to the northern and eastern parts of the campus.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 20 minutes later, police received reports of smoke spewing from manholes near the school&rsquo;s Engineering Key, a campus park.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Once our officers responded, they did see the smoke and some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/american-airlines-plane-catches-fire-172-passengers-board\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fire<\/a> coming out of the manhole,&rdquo; Capt. Amy Ivey of the Texas Tech Police Department said. &ldquo;At that time, they reached out to the Texas Tech Fire Marshals and the Lubbock Fire Department to respond on scene.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8-FiCHBnwXw?si=GxiC-3wpt2ZDg3S6&amp;start=113\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Students were evacuated and released for an early spring break, while officials diagnosed the problem and assessed the damage.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[At] midnight, our crews were able to start going into very specific manholes to start restoring power,&rdquo; said Matt Rose, chief public affairs officer for Lubbock Power &amp; Light. &ldquo;By 3 a.m., we restored every single meter that was able to be restored.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The state fire marshal&rsquo;s office has yet to determine the cause of the fire.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At this time, we don&rsquo;t have any idea,&rdquo; Texas Tech Fire Marshal Michael Kennon said at a news conference on Thursday, KCBD reported.<\/p>\n<p>Kennon added that there were a total of five fires that night.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are a lot of areas that they need to get to that are just not safe. It&rsquo;s going to be some time before we have some answers,&rdquo; Kennon said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Green Flames Erupt at Texas Tech Campus &#128293;&#128994;<\/p>\n<p>Lubbock Fire Rescue is responding to multiple fires at Texas Tech University, with green flames rising from a manhole. Buildings have been evacuated&mdash;situation developing. &#9888;&#65039; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TexasTech?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TexasTech<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lubbock?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lubbock<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Breaking?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Breaking<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gktbNA463c\">pic.twitter.com\/gktbNA463c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Newsletter (@Em0517561932234) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Em0517561932234\/status\/1900005918747591093?\">March 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As of Thursday, officials couldn&rsquo;t estimate when full power would be restored on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/radical-columbia-students-took-campus-building-learn-fate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As for the green flames, Assistant Fire Chief Nick Wilson of Lubbock Fire Rescue had an explanation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These were electrical vaults, underground electrical facilities with, probably, metal fires,&rdquo; Wilson said. &ldquo;Copper burns green. 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