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On 3 October 2026, an explosion and fire were reported at Banco Plaza on Avenida Bolívar in El Vigía, Mérida state. Emergency services said an overload in the battery of a solar inverter is believed to have ruptured the battery and released gas, leading to a...
A fire broke out for a reason not yet determined at a transformer on Ata Bulvarı in Işıktepe Mahallesi, Nilüfer, Bursa. Explosions occurred during the fire and nearby people were briefly alarmed. Fire crews brought the fire under control and extinguished it....
Holt Fire District responded to the Kayak Energy Storage Center on Trawick Creek Road in Okaloosa County, Florida, after a report of a small brush fire. Crews found a fire involving a power inverter inside the battery storage field. A thermal reading from...
An offshore wind turbine at the 大彰化西北離岸風場 suffered blade damage on 2 October. No personnel were working on the turbine at the time and no vessels were in the safety zone. No injuries or fatalities were reported. 沃旭能源 notified regulators and implemented sea...
On the afternoon of 2 October 2026 a fire occurred on the roof of a house in Snoystraat, Gouda. Residents noticed smoke at the solar panels and isolated the supply. On arrival the fire service initially saw nothing. Using an aerial platform, a panel was...
At least four underground electrical vaults in San Francisco's Financial District caught fire or erupted on the morning of 1 October 2026, after smoke was reported from vaults near California Street and Front Street. The San Francisco Fire Department...
Nizhnohirskyi substation was reported to have been attacked. The 110/35/10 kV facility, which has transformers with a combined rating of 50 MVA, supplies the Nizhnohirskyi district. Outages were reported in part of the village and surrounding areas. In...
City Power reported an underground fire in late September 2026 in tunnels carrying cables connected to the Central Substation in Johannesburg's central business district. The utility's preliminary view was that the blaze was ignited during a suspected attempt...
On 7 September 2026 a power outage interrupted the National News of Cuban Television. The signal was cut and other content was broadcast for several minutes. Reports from people near the studios said an electrical transformer had exploded in the vicinity. The...
Alexandria Fire Department was reported to have responded to a transformer fire at Mount Vernon Avenue and E. Nelson Avenue just before 7 a.m. on 8 September 2026. Dominion Energy customers peaked at more than 6,900 without power, mainly around Richmond...
On Wednesday morning a fire was reported in the incoming machine of the Chilsara feeder at the Husainpur Tarai electricity substation in Shamsabad, Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Power to 24 villages was reported to have stayed off through the day....
On a Tuesday afternoon, firefighters from Cuartel VIII in Río Seco attended a grass fire in the vicinity of the Parque Solar de Río Seco at kilometre 875 on Ruta Nacional 9. Using a high-pressure hose line and hand tools, crews put the fire out. It affected...
On a Wednesday afternoon, a transformer at the electrical substation on the medical college campus in Hardoi caught fire. The report says a sudden increase in load was followed by smoke and flames from the transformer leads and cables. Electricity department...
A transformer fire in New Haven, Connecticut, was reported to have cut power on the afternoon of 9 September 2026. Yale University said power was out in the area of 2 Science Park (50 Division Street) and 25 Science Park (150 Munson Street). Winchester Avenue...
A grass fire broke out at a Florida Power and Light solar facility on Linger Longer Road near Beer Creek in northern Bay County. The fire started in grass beneath the panels at about 6:30 on Tuesday evening. Bay County and State Forestry firefighters...
On 29 September 2026 a cable caught fire in Teen Khamba Wali Gali, in the area served by the Bahadurganj electrical substation in Shahjahanpur, India. An electricity corporation team attended and repaired the cable. Supply in that area was reported off from...
According to a single report, a fire broke out at a transformer in Okam-dong, Mokpo, South Jeolla Province, around 4:00 PM on 25 September 2026. Flames among discarded boxes near the transformer were said to have created a risk of further incidents, including...
An explosion occurred at the Watloo Substation, causing the 132kV Njala Infeed Substation to trip and leading to a major power supply interruption across several parts of Tshwane. Multiple primary substations were affected, including Watloo, Wingate,...
At about 11.40am on 22 September 2026, a fire was reported at a facility with a battery energy storage system next to a solar panel field in the United States. Local authorities reported that the fire was believed to have been caused by a lithium battery...
A fire at a substation in Springs affected power supply to several suburbs, including Bakerton, Payneville, Gugulethu, Slovo Park, Springs CBD, Petersfield, Strubenvale, Casseldale, Nuffield, Edelweiss, Selection Park Ext 2, portions of Daggafontein and...