Power outages after underground explosion rocks downtown Edmonton

Emergency crews rescued an elderly woman from underground after an explosion popped manhole covers and knocked out power near 97 Avenue and 106 Street in downtown Edmonton Wednesday morning.
Fire crews called to the explosion near 97 Street and 106 Avenue around 7:35 a.m. found the woman — who suffered what appeared to be a fractured ankle — about 12 feet down the hole. An underground electrical vault explosion blew open a number of manholes in the area, said Edmonton Fire Rescue Ser