KITCHENER -- Kitchener fire officials say an investigation is underway into a gasoline fire that happened underneath a street.

Emergency crews were called to the scene on Wentworth Avenue at 12:30 a.m. Monday.

Gasoline was reportedly poured down a storm drain and lit on fire, which caused a steel lid to be blown off.

Firefighters were on scene for an hour and a half ventilating the drain and getting the vapour out.

Kitchener Fire says the delinquent act was deliberate and that police are investigating.