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The fire, which happened last weekend, destroyed a transformer and distribution panels.

Ppower outages to traffic lights and a structure fire occurred on Monday in the town of Palm Beach, Florida.

Thousands of residents were left without power after a fire and series of explosions at a local substation.

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said the fire started early on Wednesday morning.

An electrical transformer on an Xcel Energy pole near downtown Littleton exploded and briefly caught fire, startling neighbors in the area and causing a power outage.

An explosion left many dead and wounded in the Nigerian Kabong community in the Jos North Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State.

Electricity transformer explosion causes 15 deaths on the banks of the Alaknanda river in India.

Kuwait, Salmiya: Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity said that an explosion erupted at a main electrical transformer in Salmiya during periodical maintenance.

Lebanon, Beirut: An explosion that rocked Beirut on 4 August had a devastating impact on the power grid in the neighboring areas.

South Africa, Johannesburg: City Power said power at the Vasco da Gama substation is expected to be fully restored by 19 August if all goes according to plan.

An explosion heard in the downtown area of Osoyoos was the result of a falling transformer from a power pole on 12 May.

An explosion at a Transpower substation left 63,000 households without power. The outage caused train delays, business disruption, and affected water supplies.

Orange County: A transformer explosion created traffic troubles and a power shutdown in Orange County Thursday morning, February 6, around 5:30 a.m.

An underground transformer fire exploded causing power outages in South Norwalk. The force blew open the doors guarding a sidewalk electrical vault.

South Africa, Durban: An explosion at a 275 kV substation in Klaarwater led to a major power outage in several suburbs last Wednesday.

Pakistan, Lahore: At least five people were injured with burns when a transformer exploded in Lahore Park near Raiwind on Sunday.

USA, Florida: Several transformers caught fire at the Florida Power & Light (FPL) facility in West Miami-Dade on Tuesday afternoon, leaving several thousand people without electricity.

Nepal, Rautahat: Two people died and 18 were injured in a power transformer explosion that took place in Makawanpur district, Nepal yesterday morning.

Canada, British Columbia: Canadian North Shore in British Columbia has been hit by a series of substation explosions which left thousands of B.C. Hydro customers without power.

USA, Seattle: Three Seattle City Light employees were injured by an explosion at the East Pine Street substation caused by a blown transformer, which knocked out power to nearly 10,000 customers across the Capitol Hill, Madison Park and Madrona neighbourhoods of Seattle Wednesday afternoon.

USA, Iowa: Alliant Energy crews are still cleaning up after a transformer exploded Thursday afternoon at a substation in North Liberty, Iowa, shutting off power to 4,200 customers in the North Liberty area for several hours.

USA, New Jersey: A transformer explosion on Monday caused fire that ripped through the main post office in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Authorities confirmed that the transformer blew up underground, outside the post office on the Kirkpatrick Street, reports CBS New York.

Australia, Perth: Regulators have issued new safety measures after last week’s power transformer explosion at the busy Morley Galleria shopping mall in Perth which killed two people and left two with severe burns.