explosion on washington?

i was just at my friend's house on washington and dekalb, and there was a huge explosion sound outside. on my way home, there were a bunch of fire trucks and police cars blocking the street for a ways.

anyone know what happened?

From gothamist:

All Hands
320 Washington Ave & Lafayette Ave
Brooklyn, NY
12/20/2008 1:55 a.m.

I heard it from Gates Ave near Cambridge. I thought I was dreaming. Wonder what happened?

Weird. Just a week or two after that strange explosion-sounding thing in the neighborhood, too. Still never heard anything about that.

Underground electrical explosion.

http://www.clintonhillblog.com/2008/12/20/explosion-on-washington/