text: Authorities have said an underground electrical fire is blamed for a explosion that sent a manhole cover flying more than 200 feet above a Buffalo street in a blast that was captured by a television news photographer. The fire began around 11:30 a.m. Sunday on Tupper Street in downtown Buffalo, WGRZ reported. Police evacuated two buildings as smoke came out of manholes, according to the television station. Interview: This man was speaking to a local news station when the second of three explosions sent a manhole cover flying more than 200 feet above a Buffalo street . Close encounter: The cover flew high into the air as the man yelled 'Heads-up!' several times . A Buffalo Fire Department official told WGRZ the second of three explosions sent one of the manhole covers 200 to 300 feet into the air. A WGRZ photojournalist was interviewing a man on the street when the second blast occurred about a half-block behind him - and a manhole soon went up toward the sky. 'We were uh, had pretty much evacuated the building,' the man said on camera. 'We were waiting for the children to finish evacuating -' The video then shows the cover flying high into the air as the man yells 'Heads-up!' several times. The cover landed near a firefighter and a utility truck. There were no injuries, WGRZ reported. The man soon continued his interview with the NBC affiliate, saying 'That fire's traveling, cause the first manhole actually was a little bit up the street on Tupper. Danger: A Buffalo Fire Department official has said the second of three explosions sent one of the manhole covers 200 to 300 feet into the air . Back on the ground: The cover landed near a firefighter and a utility truck . 'That second one was right here at the corner, so the fire seems to be coming down the street towards this way, and pretty much what you just seen right there is what we heard a moment ago when the first explosion took place.' The man told WGRZ 'It's definitely startling.' A third explosion took place around 2pm Sunday, the Buffalo Fire Department told the  news station. The fire department's Capt. Keith Burke told WIVB 'Apparently the wires in the manholes were burning and there were some small explosions happening so National Grid arrived on location.' National Grid told local media it was figuring out what was behind the fire. Incident: Firefighters were spotted on the scene in downtown Buffalo on Sunday . Threat: Smoke is seen emanating. Police reportedly evacuated two buildings Sunday . Response: Both fire and police vehicles swarmed the Buffalo street on Sunday .
target: Authorities have said an underground electrical fire is blamed for an explosion that sent a manhole cover flying more than 200 feet .
  The fire began around 11:30 a.m. Sunday on Tupper Street in downtown Buffalo, New York .
  Police evacuated two buildings as smoke came out of manholes .
  A photojournalist was interviewing a man on the street when the second blast occurred about a half-block behind him and the manhole flew up .