Downtown explosions

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Officials with the Columbus public utilities division will be checking into the cause of small explosions were heard downtown Sunday afternoon.

Fire officials says issues with underground electrical vaults are suspected, fire department spokeswoman Battalion Chief Tracy Smith said.

No injuries were reported after the explosions about 1:00 p.m. across the street from the Ohio Statehouse. Bits of blackened material were visible by a sidewalk grate afterward.