Named in 1 record in this register, in 2019.
Early reports on 8 August 2026 described a transformer fire at a Con Edison facility at 7th Avenue and West 18th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan. Radio traffic referred to an active fire at a transformer in a Con Edison building and to high-voltage risk for...
Just before 7:00 a.m. on 15 July 2026, a transformer exploded near West 36th Street in Coney Island, New York, during a severe summer heatwave. The blast caused a wooden utility pole to snap and collapse, bringing down live high-voltage lines that draped over...
A transformer fire occurred around 11pm on South Phelps Street in downtown Youngstown, Ohio. Firefighters responded and observed heavy smoke coming from the transformer grate. Once the smoke subsided, Ohio Edison crews were called to de-energise the...
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Damage to a transformer at the downtown Berkeley Springs power substation on Harrison Avenue cut electricity in the central part of Berkeley Springs for a few hours on a Friday. People nearby saw flames on the power equipment. Potomac Edison restored power...
An electrical transformer in an underground vault exploded on a Thursday night, leaving parts of downtown Santa Barbara without power. Firefighters were dispatched at about 9:20 p.m. to the vault on Anacapa Street at Cota Street. No injuries were reported,...
A transformer fire in East New York, Brooklyn, left residents without power overnight during bitter cold. Firefighters were called just after 7:30 p.m. to Shepherd Avenue near Linden Boulevard and Hegeman Avenue for reports of burning wires and a smoking...
A transformer fire occurred on the night of 2 September 2025 on West 235th Street in Central Riverdale, New York City, knocking out electricity to a shopping centre between Johnson and Oxford avenues. Businesses including a pharmacy, a supermarket, a dry...
On 23 August 2025, a contractor working near 365 Bridge Street in Downtown Brooklyn struck a high-voltage feeder line, sparking a transformer fire. The blaze prompted a major emergency response, with 12 FDNY units and around 60 firefighters attending the...
During a heat wave, a utility transformer on Eastchester Road in the Morris Park section of the Bronx, New York, failed and caught fire on Wednesday evening. Residents reported hearing a crackling sound followed by a loud bang before the unit exploded, with...
In January 2025, widespread power outages affected more than four million customers of Southern California Edison across Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside and San Diego counties in California, as the Palisades and Eaton fires and high...
A transformer failure at a Southern California Edison substation in the Downey/Norwalk area of California caused a widespread power outage on 24 December 2024. Southern California Edison said the outage began around 1:30 p.m. and affected more than 31,000...
A transformer at 58th Street and Laurel Hill Boulevard in Woodside, Queens, caught fire around 2:30 a.m. and knocked out power to nearly 1,200 Con Edison customers. Neighbours said they heard an explosion before the outage. Some lights on the nearby Brooklyn...
A fault in a Con Edison transmission line at the Farragut Substation on John Street near the Brooklyn waterfront caused a brief power outage across New York City, Long Island and parts of New Jersey on 14 December 2023. Witnesses reported an explosion and...
On 20 December 2023, a transformer fire at a Con Edison substation in the Dongan Hills section of Staten Island left roughly 3,700 customers without power. The FDNY responded to reports of smoke. About 60 firefighters and EMS personnel attended. No injuries...
An underground transformer vault fire at about 3:30 a.m. on 9 March 2023 in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, left a block of Brigham Street without power. Con Edison said about 53 customers were affected. High carbon monoxide readings led to the temporary evacuation...
During a storm with heavy rain, workers at the CJ Hammer Pump & Machinery facility in Visalia, California, recorded a Southern California Edison transformer exploding after a lightning strike. The report says power was not affected and that no one was...
At around 10 am on Friday 8 October 2021, an underground transformer exploded near Aspen and Hillsdale in Visalia, California, United States, and knocked out power in the surrounding area. Visalia fire officials investigated. No one was injured, and fire...
An Amtrak worker was electrocuted and killed while working at a substation in The Bronx, New York, on Thursday 5 December 2019, at about 11 a.m. The site, at White Plains Road and Unionport Road in Parkchester, is where Con Edison and Amtrak both have...
A transformer fire at a substation near Imperial Highway and Associated Road in Brea, California, caused a power outage affecting approximately 15,000 people across Placentia, Fullerton and Brea, including the Brea Mall and the Brea Civic Center. Brea Fire...
A transformer explosion linked to a Thanksgiving Day outage on Ferguson Drive in Montebello shook homes and, residents said, sent a power surge through electrical lines. Families in eight households said they remained without power, with reports of damaged...
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