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Explosion reported in French Quarter

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Witnesses reported a loud noise, two cars on fire and a flying manhole cover this morning in the French Quarter.

"I heard like noises. I thought it maybe was thunder and lightning, then it sounded like gunshots, then I heard an explosion," one witness described.  "I called 911, and they told me... there was a car that had exploded."


She told WWL TV that was around 5:00am.  

Others described two cars on fire.

One car had it's windows blown out.  

Police, Fire and Entergy are on the scene near Dauphine and Toulouse. 

No word on injuries.