Pics: Bizarre scenes on Baggot Street, Dublin as manhole appears to explode

Just what the heck is going on?

Details are little bit vague at the moment, but it appears that a manhole has just exploded on Baggot Street in Dublin this morning. Thankfully, no one appears to be injured and initial suspicions are that it was as a result of a gas explosion underground. Check out these tweets from onlooker Eoin Ó Súilleabháin below...

Merrion/Baggot St junction...rancid smoke billowing out from manhole before explosion which blew manhole up in the air, missed ppl by inches — Eoin Ó Súilleabháin (@eoinos) July 25, 2014

 

Manhole just exploded off Baggot St! No one hurt as far as I can see....lid flew up a few feet!!! pic.twitter.com/tuylcWK3dF — Eoin Ó Súilleabháin (@eoinos) July 25, 2014

 

Smoke still billowing but fire brigade on the scene pic.twitter.com/GiG638dSPW — Eoin Ó Súilleabháin (@eoinos) July 25, 2014

Irish musician Bressie AKA Niall Breslin was also walking past when the incident occured. Somebody get that man some clean pants please...

@JOEdotie was walking past when happened . Ghostbusters stuff . Shat myself — Niall Breslin (@nbrez) July 25, 2014

  More to follow...