Transformer house fire cuts power to 5,000 households in Stadshagen

2026Published 13 Nov 2026Responsible editor: Chief Editor

SignificantThermal / fireProvisionalNext update 14 Nov

Estimated damageEstimated by the register's adjusterHow? Know the real figure?

supply cut for about •• daysShown in the record →Full estimate

From the recordRoot cause Failed part

We will also email you about the register's paid records and plans, at most once a week and three times in all. You can stop these at any time. By signing up you agree to the privacy policy.

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

What happened

A transformer house on the Hofstedestraat in Stadshagen caught fire on a Monday evening. The fire was discovered around 17.30. The installation was still energised, so firefighters could not begin extinguishing until the power had been switched off. The fire released a large amount of smoke. About 5,000 households in the neighbourhood lost electricity. Network operator Enexis began repair work on the damaged installation once the fire was out, and supply was fully restored shortly after midnight, into Tuesday. At the time of reporting, Enexis could not say how the fire started, and an investigation was to establish whether an overvoltage had occurred.

Contributing factors

The transformer house was still under voltage when the fire was discovered, which delayed firefighting. The cause of the fire had not been established. An overvoltage is being investigated as a possible factor but had not been confirmed.

Lessons learned

Distribution substations should be remotely isolable so that firefighters can start extinguishing without waiting for manual switching.
Operators should investigate overvoltage and protection settings promptly after a transformer fire to determine whether they contributed.
Where a fault removes supply to thousands of customers, operators should plan repair crews and public communication so restoration can be completed overnight.

More lessons on fire suppression and firefighting, electrical protection and isolation, outages, backup supply and restoration, from every incident on the register.

Source

stadshagennieuws.nl

Published 2026-11-13. Written from public reporting. Descriptive, not investigative. See the data accuracy disclaimer.

See the register's stories first in Google: add it as a preferred source.

Chart to reuse with this story: Grid infrastructure incidents in the Netherlands, by year, free with a credit (PNG).

The record behind this entry

The record behind EIR-2877 holds the site, the operator, the root cause, what failed and the fire service response as fields you can filter, count and export, with its source and their verification status. Companies are named in the roles the sources give them. Being named is not a finding of fault.

Site: ••••••••••••
Operator: •••••••••
Root cause: ••••••••••••••••
Failed part: •••••••
Fire service response: ••••••••••
Sources: ••••••••

Opens with either of these:

Your email and a six-digit code; no card; once per person. Then a plan, or carry on with the free register

Analyst, £39 a month

Ask the register any question in plain words and get a sourced answer in seconds (20 a month), plus the full record behind every entry. Cancel at any time. Limited-time price, rising to £79. Join now and keep £39.

See a complete record first, if you like.

Open the record in Lookup

Or get this one record free by email

Grid infrastructure incidents in the Netherlands: 14 entries, with a free alert for the next one.

Substation and transformer fires: the counts, the latest entries and a free alert for the next one.

Browse the full register or submit an incident.