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Substation fire cuts power to more than 8,000 customers in Centerville

Sept 2024Published 29 Sept 2026Responsible editor: Chief Editor

SignificantThermal / fireProvisional

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Companies named in the reporting of this entry (being named is not a finding of fault): Rocky Mountain Power

What happened

A fire broke out at a substation near Legacy Parkway and Parrish Lane in Centerville, Utah, and also affected a nearby substation. Supply was interrupted for more than 8,000 Rocky Mountain Power customers in Centerville, Woods Cross, West Bountiful and surrounding areas of south Davis County. Power was restored on Monday morning after outages through late morning. Early reports described an explosion and associated fire. Local refineries carried out normal flare-off during the outage, and thick smoke was seen from across the valley. The cause remains under investigation.

Contributing factors

The cause has not been established. Early reports described an explosion and associated fire, but that sequence has not been confirmed.

Lessons learned

A fire at one substation can affect a neighbouring substation and widen the outage, so restoration plans should cover both sites.
Treat early reports of an explosion as unconfirmed until the investigation is complete.
A widespread outage can force nearby industrial sites, including refineries, to change operations, so operators and emergency services should plan for that.

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Source

ksl.com

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