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      <title>Communication error at Hilversum transformer house fire reported to have exposed firefighters to risk</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Grid infrastructure</category>
      <category>Netherlands</category>
      <description>2018, Netherlands: According to NH Nieuws, a fire broke out at a transformer house beside the railway in Hilversum while a subcontractor... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Liander attributes large Barneveld and Ede outage to broken transformer in Ede</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2883/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:53:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Grid infrastructure</category>
      <category>Netherlands</category>
      <description>2019, Netherlands: A large power outage affected Barneveld and Ede in the Netherlands. According to a report in Barneveldse Krant, grid... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Fire in Zwijndrecht transformer room cuts power to about 1,330 households</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2882/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:53:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Grid infrastructure</category>
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      <description>April 2016, Netherlands: On Tuesday 19 April 2016, a fire broke out in a transformer room on the Hoofdland in Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands, at around... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Transformer failure at Beilen substation causes large Drenthe power outage</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2881/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:51:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Grid infrastructure</category>
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      <description>November 2025, Netherlands: At about 18:15 on a Friday evening, a 110 kV transformer at the transformer station in Beilen, Drenthe, dropped out. The... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Transformer house fire cuts power to about 259 homes in Stadskanaal</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2880/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:51:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Grid infrastructure</category>
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      <description>April 2026, Netherlands: A fire broke out in a transformer house on the Roekenhof in Stadskanaal, Netherlands, on 23 April 2026. The fire brigade was... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Fire at German home with photovoltaic roof tiles injures firefighter</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2879/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:51:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Solar PV</category>
      <category>Germany</category>
      <description>2026, Germany: A fire broke out at a single-family home in Gütersloh, a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which has photovoltaic... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Fire in Tilburg transformer house cuts power to industrial estate businesses</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2878/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:51:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Grid infrastructure</category>
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      <description>September 2026, Netherlands: A fire broke out in a transformer house on the Erebusstraat in Tilburg on a Monday morning, causing a power outage for... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Transformer house fire cuts power to 5,000 households in Stadshagen</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2877/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:51:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Grid infrastructure</category>
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      <description>2026, Netherlands: A transformer house on the Hofstedestraat in Stadshagen caught fire on a Monday evening. The fire was discovered around... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Fire gutts hydro power station leaving hundreds of Tasmanian homes without power</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2876/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:50:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Other</category>
      <category>Australia</category>
      <description>September 2026, Australia: A fire broke out at Tungatinah Power Station at Tarraleah, in Tasmania's central highlands, and gutted the 142.2 MW... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Transformer house fire leaves about 1,000 connections without power in Ureterp</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2875/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:50:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Grid infrastructure</category>
      <category>Netherlands</category>
      <description>August 2026, Netherlands: On a Monday afternoon in August 2026, the fire brigade was called to a fire in a transformer house on the Mounleane in... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Faulty blade blamed for wind turbine collapse in Ontario</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2874/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:50:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Wind (onshore)</category>
      <category>Canada</category>
      <description>2026, Canada: A wind turbine at the Raleigh Wind Power facility in Raleigh Township, Ontario, collapsed earlier in 2026, according to a... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Fire in Stedin transformer house cuts power to dozens of households</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:50:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Grid infrastructure</category>
      <category>Netherlands</category>
      <description>November 2026, Netherlands: On Saturday 7 November 2026, a fire was reported at about 12.15 pm in a transformer house operated by grid operator Stedin... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Fire in Hoorn transformer house cuts power to 1,000 households</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2872/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:49:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Grid infrastructure</category>
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      <description>November 2026, Netherlands: A fire broke out at about 5.00 am in a transformer house on the Alexanderstraat in Hoorn, Netherlands. The blaze cut power... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Solar panel installation in Ostend port destroyed by fire</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2871/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:02:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Solar PV</category>
      <category>Belgium</category>
      <description>2026, Belgium: Nieuwsblad, a Dutch-language Belgian news outlet, reported that a solar panel installation in the port of Ostend, West... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Fire destroys 3,600 square metre warehouse at Labico, possibly rooftop solar</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2870/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 11:02:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Solar PV</category>
      <category>Italy</category>
      <description>November 2026, Italy: A fire destroyed an industrial warehouse of about 3,600 square metres on Strada Ventiquattresima in Labico, in the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Wind turbine engulfed in flames in Lingen, Emsland, Germany</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2869/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 10:42:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Wind (onshore)</category>
      <category>Germany</category>
      <description>2026, Germany: A report published by n-tv.de on 13 November 2026, a short video item, says flames rose several metres from a wind turbine... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Wind turbine burns out in Dingen, Dithmarschen</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2868/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 08:22:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Wind (onshore)</category>
      <category>Germany</category>
      <description>November 2026, Germany: A fire broke out in a wind turbine at Dingen in the Dithmarschen district in the early hours of a Friday morning. A police... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Transformer reportedly explodes at a site in Silivri, Istanbul</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2867/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 06:22:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Grid infrastructure</category>
      <category>Turkey</category>
      <description>2026, Turkey: At around 19:00, before publication on 12 November 2026, an electricity transformer reportedly exploded at a site in Yeni... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Solar panel overheating reportedly sparks room fire in Oyo house</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2866/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:03:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Solar PV</category>
      <category>Nigeria</category>
      <description>November 2026, Nigeria: A fire broke out in a room of a five-bedroom residential building at Oke-Boda, Asaka area of Awe, Oyo State, Nigeria, on... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Damaged cable takes RWE's Sofia offshore wind farm offline</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2865/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:02:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Wind (offshore)</category>
      <description>2026, Europe: A damaged cable has taken RWE's Sofia offshore wind farm offline, according to a report by EnergyWatch published on 12... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Fire at private solar plant in Fatehgarh, Rajasthan, reportedly forces staff evacuation</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2864/</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 06:42:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Solar PV</category>
      <category>India</category>
      <description>November 2026, India: On Thursday 12 November 2026, at about 10 am, a fire was reported at a solar plant operated by a private company in the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Firebomb thrown into live substation switchyard at Good Hope, Guyana</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2863/</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:05:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Grid infrastructure</category>
      <category>Guyana</category>
      <description>November 2026, Guyana: On Tuesday night, which the report dates to 10 November 2026, CCTV at the Good Hope distribution substation in East Coast... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Transformer fire cuts power to over 70 PG&amp;E customers near Fig Garden Village</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2862/</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:05:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Grid infrastructure</category>
      <category>United States</category>
      <description>November 2026, United States: A transformer fire at around 6 a.m. on a Wednesday morning cut power to more than 70 PG&amp;E customers in the area of San Jose... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Georgia home solar fire alleged to follow failed inspections</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2861/</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:05:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Hybrid co-located</category>
      <category>United States</category>
      <description>November 2022, United States: A residential rooftop solar system at a home in Hawkinsville, Georgia, United States, is alleged in a product liability... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Factory fire in Yamagata City burns rooftop solar panels</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2860/</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:04:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Solar PV</category>
      <category>Japan</category>
      <description>November 2026, Japan: On the morning of 11 November 2026, a fire broke out at a factory in Kunugizawa Nishi, Yamagata City, Japan, which the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Fire at Kishanganj transformer repair workshop reportedly started after bird caused short circuit</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2859/</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:04:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Grid infrastructure</category>
      <category>India</category>
      <description>November 2026, India: A fire broke out on Wednesday 11 November 2026 at the Transformer Repairing Workshop (TRW) in Paschimpali, a densely... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Substation explosion reported to have knocked SABC channels off air</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2858/</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:03:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Grid infrastructure</category>
      <description>2026, Other: MyBroadband reported on 11 November 2026 that an explosion at a substation had caused SABC channels to go off air. The... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Fire at CEEE Equatorial substation leaves Canguçu residents without power</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2857/</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:04:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Grid infrastructure</category>
      <category>Brazil</category>
      <description>November 2026, Brazil: A fire at a CEEE Equatorial electricity substation in Canguçu, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, caused several customers in the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Rooftop solar panel fire forces evacuation of Tucson apartment block</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2856/</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:04:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Solar PV</category>
      <category>United States</category>
      <description>November 2026, United States: Solar panels on the roof of an apartment complex in Tucson, Arizona caught fire on the afternoon of Monday 9 November 2026.... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Dashcam video appears to show transformer explosion along San Antonio Interstate 10</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2855/</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:03:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Grid infrastructure</category>
      <category>United States</category>
      <description>November 2026, United States: A viewer submitted dashcam video to KSAT Connect, the submission platform of the San Antonio news outlet KSAT, which appears... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Fire in wind turbine at San Juan del Olmo wind farm, Spain</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2854/</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:03:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Wind (onshore)</category>
      <category>Spain</category>
      <description>November 2026, Spain: A wind turbine at a wind farm in the municipal area of San Juan del Olmo, Ávila province, Castilla y León, caught fire on 10... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Severe storm damages panels and wiring at Peoria County solar farm</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2853/</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:03:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Solar PV</category>
      <category>United States</category>
      <description>2026, United States: In the spring and summer of 2026, severe weather including heavy rain, strong winds, hail and tornadoes swept through... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Substation fire causes power outage for more than 2,500 people in Duplin County</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2852/</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 13:14:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Grid infrastructure</category>
      <category>United States</category>
      <description>June 2022, United States: Officials said a fire in a substation caused a power outage that left more than 2,500 people without power in the Beulaville... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Explosion and fire reported in Hoover Dam turbine house</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2851/</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 11:22:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Other</category>
      <category>United States</category>
      <description>2026, United States: A Daily Mail video report published on 10 November 2026 states that a massive explosion occurred at Hoover Dam, with black... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Fire at Sayla 66 kV substation in Gujarat reportedly started by firecrackers</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2850/</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 09:45:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Grid infrastructure</category>
      <category>India</category>
      <description>2026, India: A fire broke out on the boundary wall of the GETCO 66 kV substation on the Sayla highway in Sayla, Surendranagar district,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Snack factory godown fire destroys rooftop solar system in Kota</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2849/</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 02:43:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Solar PV</category>
      <category>India</category>
      <description>November 2026, India: On Monday evening, 9 November 2026, a fire broke out at about 9 pm at a factory in Hiriyakheri village, in the Ramganjmandi... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Repeated explosions at electrical transformer in Istanbul's Şişli district</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2848/</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 02:43:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Grid infrastructure</category>
      <category>Turkey</category>
      <description>November 2026, Turkey: According to a report by Haberler.com published on 8 November 2026, an electrical transformer exploded repeatedly in the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Lightning suspected in fire at Salinas electrical substation, Ecuador</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 22:15:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Grid infrastructure</category>
      <category>Ecuador</category>
      <description>November 2026, Ecuador: A fire broke out at an electrical substation in the canton of Salinas, in Santa Elena province, on Monday 9 November 2026.... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Worker extinguishes transformer fire in Venezuela with soda bottles</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2846/</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:42:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Grid infrastructure</category>
      <category>Venezuela</category>
      <description>November 2026, Venezuela: A video shared widely on social media shows a worker from a Venezuelan utility company using two-litre bottles of soft drink... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Melted wire sparks brush fire at Galax solar farm</title>
      <link>https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2845/</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:02:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Solar PV</category>
      <category>United States</category>
      <description>November 2026, United States: On Sunday 8 November 2026, a brush fire broke out at the Galax Solar Farm on Hebron Road in Galax, Virginia. Arriving units... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Fire breaks out at substation in Fashion Drive shopping plaza</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 14:03:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Grid infrastructure</category>
      <category>Mexico</category>
      <description>November 2026, Mexico: On the morning of 9 November 2026, a fire broke out in an electrical substation located on the underground parking levels of... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <description>September 2020, Bangladesh: A fire broke out at a transformer of a grid substation at the Kewatkhali power station in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, at about... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 13:36:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>August 2024, United States: At about 7.30pm on 14 August 2024, a transformer reportedly exploded on Phinney's Lane in front of the Cape Cod Beer Company... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 13:36:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>2026, Ecuador: Reuters reported that Ecuador restored power after an explosion at a substation. The report, as available to the register,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 12:42:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>November 2026, Turkey: A fire broke out in an electrical transformer at the Tellalar Çarşısı, a historic bazaar in Mardin, Turkey, according to a... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <description>2026, Germany: A battery storage unit at a solar park near Schnaittenbach in the Amberg-Sulzbach district of Bavaria, Germany, caught fire... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 10:43:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Solar PV</category>
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      <description>2026, Brazil: A fire at a commercial establishment in Chapecó, Brazil, damaged the ceiling and the solar panels on the premises, according... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 09:02:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>November 2026, South Africa: Early on Sunday 8 November 2026, a fire broke out at the Mayfair Substation in Johannesburg, South Africa. According to the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 02:02:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Grid infrastructure</category>
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      <description>November 2026, Argentina: On Sunday 8 November 2026, at around 10.40, a fire broke out among electrical components at a Transener transformer station... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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      <title>Technical defect in solar panels reportedly sparks fire at vacant Mechelen building</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2026 19:22:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Solar PV</category>
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      <description>2026, Belgium: A fire reportedly broke out in a vacant building on Zandpoortvest in Mechelen, Belgium, according to a report published by... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.</description>
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