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its doing that thing again dont have the time to delete all this crap Back Bay buildings evacuated, streets closed after multiple manhole fires Play Video Updated: 6:44 AM EST Feb 4, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Peter Eliopoulos Reporter Tim Nazzaro Digital Content Editor BOSTON — Multiple manhole fires in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood caused street closures and evacuations on Tuesday night. Dispatcher received a radio call at 5:21 p.m. for a report of a manhole fire at the intersection of Dartmouth and Newbury streets. Advertisement Officials determined there were six manhole fires in the area. There were no reports of any injuries. Four buildings were evacuated as a precaution. Hearst Owned Fire officials said the issue appears to be electrical, and the manholes are equipped with explosion-safe covers that protect them from becoming projectiles. Witnesses reported hearing loud bangs, followed by smoke. "I was focused on all of the flashing lights, probably in a radius of about five blocks of flashing lights," said Amy Brodsky, whose car was parked near the manhole. The incident remains under investigation. An Eversource spokesperson said a "limited number" of customers are without power as of Wednesday morning. 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Here are the hometowns of Team USA's athletes Updated: 12:42 PM EST Feb 5, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Susie Webb Data Visualization Journalist There are 232 athletes representing the United States at the Winter Olympics in Italy this year in hopes of bringing home gold. Are any from your area? The hometowns of competing athletes span 32 states and Washington, D.C. Advertisement Colorado has the greatest number of athletes represented, with 31, followed by Minnesota and California. Four athletes have an international hometown listed on Team USA's roster, which includes an athlete's current place of residence or birth town as "hometown." To see if any athletes are from your area, zoom in on the map below. You can also filter by which sports athletes are competing in. The 232-member team this year is the country's largest ever for a Winter Olympics. Still, fewer U.S. athletes compete in the Winter Games than in the Summer. About 600 athletes represented red, white and blue in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. Eighteen states don't have any athletes competing. Six states — Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Indiana, Montana and North Dakota — and Washington, D.C., have just a sole representative. These numbers do not include athletes competing in the Paralympic Games, which will begin in March. It also does not include athletes who have U.S. citizenship but are competing for other countries. This year's athletes are competing in 16 different sports, including newly introduced ski mountaineering. The majority of U.S. athletes — 75 — are competing in various ski events, including freestyle skiing, alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined, and ski mountaineering. Eight additional athletes are competing in the biathlon, which combines skiing and target shooting. Click on the sports below to see which athletes are competing. Team USA's age range spans 39 years. The youngest competitor is 15-year-old Abby Winterberger from Truckee, California, who will be competing in freestyle skiing. Curler Rich Ruohonen from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, is the oldest athlete competing at 54 years old. The average age of the nation's winter Olympic athletes is 26.6 years old. Share Infinite Scroll Enabled Top Picks Nancy Guthrie's disappearance: Arizona authorities release approximate timeline Here are the hometowns of Team USA's athletes Nike introduces inflatable jacket for Team USA at Milan Cortina Olympics What happens when immigrant children are taken into federal custody? 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