How common are substation and transformer fires?

385 of the 1,136 grid infrastructure entries (substations, transformers, lines and switchgear) are fires or thermal events, in 85 countries; 122 are dated 2026.

Counted from the register's published entries on 2026-11-03. Every entry is written from published news and trade reporting and lists its sources. Grid infrastructure entries.

Read the count as a count of what is recorded. The register is new and has been filling in an archive, so a rise across years is a measure of the register, not of the world, and a country with open reporting appears more often than one without. The methodology says how entries are found, written and checked.

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1407 of 2251 carry a root cause, a loss or a downtime figure.

Man, 59, electrocuted in Swiss railway transformer station at ChamEIR-2713 · 2026
Transformer fault at Rajepur substation cuts power to about 100 villages in Farrukhabad, IndiaEIR-2710 · 2026
Substation fire cuts power to 38,000 customers near ChilliwackEIR-2704 · 2012

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Companies named in these entries

661 companies are named across these entries. Being named is not a finding of fault.

City Power44 entries
Edison36 entries
Vestas34 entries

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Sites named in these entries

153 energy sites, each with its own page.

Elkhorn Battery Energy Storage System8 incidents
High Prairie Wind Farm3 incidents
Viking Wind Farm3 incidents

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