A fire broke out in an electrical substation inside Plaza City Center, a shopping plaza in Villahermosa, the capital of Tabasco, Mexico, on Saturday 17 October 2026. The substation is on Bogotá street, a pedestrian-only area within the plaza. Firefighters...
Energy incidents: Mexico
Incidents recorded in Mexico across battery storage, solar, wind, grid infrastructure and data centres.
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A wind turbine at the La Rumorosa wind farm in Tecate municipality, Baja California, Mexico, was reported on fire on Tuesday 13 October 2026. Local media reported that the emergency became known that morning. The turbine is reported to belong to the...
An early-morning fire broke out at CFE's Canek substation in Cancun after a transformer was damaged, causing a detonation and a column of smoke and flames visible to nearby residents. The fire cut electricity to more than 10,000 users across over 50 zones of...
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Tabasco HOY reported on 1 November 2026, in a headline, that a fire at a transformer in Tamulté had been extinguished. The full article could not be retrieved, so this entry relies on the headline and feed summary alone. The summary does not say when the fire...
A news report says a transformer at the Trejo substation in Silao caught fire and interrupted electricity supply in some areas of Irapuato. CFE said supply had been restored to 79.9 per cent of the affected areas. The report does not say when the fire...
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