#power outage

USA, Massachusetts, Boston: A transformer pole fell over and a car and two street signs became electrified on the night of 25 June, officials said.

The long power service interruption scheduled by MORE Power enraged consumers in this city as this aggravated their suffering while wading through quarantine.

England, Blackpool: Around 14,000 homes and businesses have lost power after a fire at a substation in Blackpool.

Hundreds of people woke up without electricity after a faulty transformer knocked out the power in Ross-shire at 6:23 a.m. on 1 April 2020.

Connecticut: A transformer fire is caused power outages in Torrington, rendering nearly 1,500 customers to lose power (also, nearly 600 outages in Winchester).

South Africa: OR Tambo International Airport was plunged into darkness after a transformer at a Kempton Park substation caught fire on Sunday morning. The Ekurhuleni…

US: A transformer fail at a Toledo-Edison substation caused more than 3,000 power outages in Lucas County, Ohio.

Alabama: Huntsville Utilities electric crews have restored service to a large portion of northwest Madison County which experienced a power outage.

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

USA, Washington D.C.: A fire that broke out around midnight Monday in electrical equipment below the sidewalk at 18th and L streets NW in downtown Washington caused that intersection to be closed during Tuesday’s morning rush hour.

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, California: Fujitsu has acknowledged that a major power transformer failure took down its Sunnyvale data centre on 22 August, according to ZD Net.

USA, Phoenix (KSAZ): Around 877 customers were left without power due to a transformer fire in the area of 28th Avenue and Bell.

India, Jammu and Kashmir: Power supply to Basohli, Mahanpur, Bhoond, Bani and partially Billawar tehsil will be affected today as 132/33 kV grid substation Mahanpur undergoes preventive maintenance.

Canada, Toronto: Toronto Hydro crews have been addressing a number of power outages across the city which have affected about 25,000 customers from Etobicoke to North York and Scarborough neighbourhoods.

Canada, Toronto: After transformer equipment failed in -17 °C temperatures on Friday morning, power has been restored to most of the 8,000 customers who were cut off in Toronto downtown area.

USA, Hawaii: The entire island of Kauai, Hawaii, started the new year without power due to an automatic shutdown of a large generator at the Kapaia Power Station.

Argentine, Buenos Aires: 35,000 customers have been affected by power supply problems in the capital of Argentine as electricity providers try to normalize the service.

USA, California: Nearly 20,000 homes and businesses in San Bernardino and Highland were left without power after a blaze at the Southern California Edison substation.

USA, San Francisco: A heavy storm causing malfunction to a Pacific Gas & Electric transformer has left nearly 300,000 customers without power.

France, Champey: A power transformer explosion caused an outage in the entire Champey. The residents saw thick smoke escaping the transformer.

USA, Connecticut: A recent power outage at Monroe Elementary School has caused $50,000 worth of work in order to keep the school safe.