Named in a role in 3 records, and mentioned in the text of 4 entries, between 2025 and 2026.
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On a Wednesday evening in Millington, Tennessee, a set of party balloons flew into overhead power lines connected to a transformer on Bill Knight Road. The contact tripped a power pole breaker and ignited a small grass fire near the pole around 6:20pm. The...
A fire broke out at a substation breaker, described as being about the size of a car, near Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. The fire caused more than 11,000 Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW) customers to lose power, including the Memphis Zoo, which...
On a clear day with no severe weather, an electrical substation operated by Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW) on University Street, north of Hunter Avenue in Midtown Memphis, erupted in flames, sending bright blue sparks and thick smoke into the air. The...
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Action News 5 reported on 29 September 2021 that a transformer fire at a Memphis Light Gas and Water (MLGW) substation was causing a major power outage in the Raleigh area of Memphis. The report, updated at 4:59 AM CDT on 29 September 2021, described the...
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