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.




