VIDEO: Around 25 firefighters responded to the scene of an underground fire, at around 2:30 Monday morning, just west of the Nevada Avenue and Kiowa Street intersection.
Lt. Aaron McConnellogue, of the Colorado Springs Fire Department, said that firefighters found several manhole covers blown off, and flames shooting up to ten feet into the air.
"There were some initial reports of explosions but we didn't hear any," he said.
But Mariah Jones, who evacuated from her apartment building with her boyfriend and two cats, said that they did hear explosions.
"We were falling asleep on the sofa watching TV and we heard what felt like lightning hit the building," she said. "We went outside and saw blue flames coming out of the ground."