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Russian attacks damaged substations and overhead and underground power lines in Zaporizhzhia city and in frontline areas of Zaporizhzhia oblast, Ukraine. According to the regional electricity company, which announced the damage on its Telegram channel and was...
A fire broke out at a 20,000-volt electricity substation on rue Azarias-Selle in Bolbec on Monday 12 October 2026, shortly before 7.30pm. Residents reported a strong smell of burning. The fire caused a power cut across the surrounding area, leaving 61 homes...
On 12 October 2026, Willacy County Sheriff's Office deputies and the Sebastian Fire Department responded to a reported fire at a wind turbine near FM 2099 and FM 1018 in Willacy County, Texas. Authorities said emergency personnel were at the scene and urged...
On a Monday evening in October 2026, a short circuit set fire to electricity wires strung on poles at Dubagga, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Local residents telephoned the substation and asked for supply to be switched off. Electricity workers attended the site,...
In the early hours of 12 October 2026, at about 01:45, a fire broke out at the El Algar electrical substation in Alicante province, Spain. The substation supplies drinking water to several municipalities in the Marina Baixa comarca. The fire damaged the 10 MW...
A wind turbine at a wind farm on the Cruz de Hierro pass, in Aldeavieja, Ávila province, Castilla y León, caught fire on Monday 12 October 2026. Emergency calls to the 112 service reported the fire at about 11:08 local time. The incident prompted a response...
A fire, described by the distributor as brief and quickly controlled, broke out at the Amaralia substation on Sunday 11 October 2026 and interrupted power to the neighbourhoods of Amaralina, Pituba, Caminho das Árvores and the surrounding area. Videos shared...
A fire broke out at the Amaralina substation in Salvador, Bahia, on the afternoon of Sunday 11 October 2026, according to Jornal Correio. The fire interrupted electricity supply to customers in Amaralina, Pituba, Caminho das Árvores and the surrounding area....
On a Sunday morning in October 2026, a short circuit on a 440 volt electricity supply line caused the wire to catch fire at Maranchi Durga Chowk, within the Hathidah electricity substation area in Patna, Bihar. Smoke and flames from the wire alarmed nearby...
A fire broke out at a solar panel installation located next to a farmhouse in the municipality of La Serratella, in the province of Castellon, Spain, reported on 10 October 2026. The Consorcio Provincial de Bomberos de Castellon reported that two fire crews...
At about 02:15 on Saturday 10 October 2026, a mini substation at Extension 31 in Fleurhof, Roodepoort, was deliberately set on fire. City Power said a preliminary security report found that two individuals unlawfully entered the site and set the unit alight....
A large fire broke out at the Fazenda Solar Órigo, a solar farm beside the CE-257 road near the roundabout in Santa Quitéria, Brazil, on the afternoon of Friday 9 October 2026. The source describes it as the largest solar farm in the municipality by number of...
On 10 October 2026, at about 14:30 local time, lightning struck the Vinh Thai 6 substation in An Quang hamlet, Dong Son village, Quang Ngai province, Vietnam, and caused a fire. According to the source, the electrical cabinet at the substation was completely...
According to a report aggregated by Head Topics from rpbreakingnews, during a severe storm on a Friday, reported as 9 October 2026, a solar panel mounted on the roof of a house in Chanari village, Jasrana police station area, Firozabad district, Uttar...
On 9 October 2026, at about 15:30, a fire broke out at a solar power generation facility in Jido-eup, Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea, according to a Korean-language report published on 10 October 2026. Fire services attended and were extinguishing the...
On Friday 9 October 2026, a substation operator was killed while adding a jumper to a 33 kV line at the Auras power house in Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh. The operator suffered severe burns and his body caught fire. Bystanders put out the fire and took him...
According to a local news report, a fire broke out on an electrical transformer outside the Edmond Rostand school in Bergerac, Dordogne, France, on the evening of Thursday 8 October 2026. The report cites Bergerac town hall as saying the fire followed an...
According to a local news report published on 9 October 2026, a vegetation fire broke out at about 18:00 on Thursday 8 October 2026 near the Campo do Carrapato, beside Avenida Alberto Giovanini in the Bethânia district of Ipatinga, Minas Gerais. The report...
On 3 October 2026, a fault in the 66 kV network at the Mácher substation in Tías, Lanzarote, disconnected about 51,700 customers at 5.44am local time, according to Canarian Weekly as reported by The Cool Down. Within four minutes a further failure at the San...
A transformer exploded on Dover Terrace in Monsey, New York, causing a power outage for residents in the surrounding area. Monsey Fire Department and Ramapo Police responded to the scene, and Orange & Rockland Utilities also responded. The report was...