PRESS ASSOCIATION -- A man and a woman have been injured after a series of small explosions near Crewe railway station, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service said.
Manhole covers were blown off in the incident, on Nantwich Road. The two injured people have been taken to hospital suffering from burns.
A faulty underground electrical cable is believed to have caused the explosions.
A spokesman from Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "There has been a power failure in the area which has resulted in the British Transport Police and Network Rail closing the railway station.
"The electrical authority are carrying out an investigation."
A British Transport Police spokesman said: "There was an explosion in the roadway near the train station. We were called at 8.22pm.
"The cause is not yet established but it is believed it may have been a combination of gas and electric underground cables. Emergency services are there making it safe.
"Crewe railway station is closed, trains aren't stopping there to let people off."