Transformer fire at the Hoover Dam quickly extinguished
USA, Nevada, Boulder City: A fire from the transformer explosion at the Hoover Dam on the morning of 19 July was quickly extinguished and caused no injuries.
USA, Nevada, Boulder City: A fire from the transformer explosion at the Hoover Dam on the morning of 19 July was quickly extinguished and caused no injuries.
Thailand, Bangkok: A fire broke out near Sampeng market on Ratchawong road leading to the Ratchawong boat pier in Bangkok’s Samphanthawong district.
Australia: Transgrid will launch an investigation into the cause of the massive fire that engulfed one of its power substation transformers at Dapto on 18 June.
USA, Iowa, Davenport: A substation regulator at the transforming station on Third Street here caught fire on 1 January, causing power to go out in the city.
Germany, Dresden: A main power transformer at Dresden Station in Morris caught fire early on 16 October, but operators at the station quickly extinguished it.
South Africa, Johannesburg: Eskom announced a fire broke out at the Kendal power station in the early morning of 11 September, damaging several units.
South Africa, Pretoria: On Sunday, 7 March 2021, at approximately 16:30 hours, a fire was reported at the Powertech, SGB Smit – Power Matla, Pretoria West transformer manufacturing plant.
India, Telangana: A fire broke out at Nagarjuna Sagar hydroelectric power station on 4 January in the early morning hours.
India, Uttar Pradesh, Noida: A massive fire broke out at a power substation in Safipur village in Noida on 19 August.
Iran, Ahvaz: A fire broke out at a power station in southwest Iran on 4 July, the latest of several blazes and explosions to hit sensitive sites.
England, Orpington: Early in the morning of 18 June, aa fire broke out at an electrical substation on Andover Road in Orpington.
SAD, Utah, Ogden: A fire in Ogden damaged a power substation and threatened 72 structures, according to Utah Fire Info’s Twitter account.
A transformer failed in Entergy’s Port Neches Bulk substation on 28 April, sparking a loud boom and resulting in fire.
Thousands of households in Kolkata were plunged into darkness on Friday after a high-voltage flash and fire at a Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation substation.
Fire struck the Ayede station of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Ibadan, Oyo State, burning completely the transformer located inside the station.
A fire erupted at a PSEG Long Island substation in Bridgehampton on the morning of 24 January. No injuries were reported and the fire was extinguished quickly.
An underground transformer fire exploded causing power outages in South Norwalk. The force blew open the doors guarding a sidewalk electrical vault.
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…
Electricity supplies in New South Wales were under threat after fires took out substations and brought down transmission lines in the part connected to Victoria.
US, Los Angeles: More than 10,000 customers were without power after a fire broke out at an electrical substation.
US, Wisconsin: Fires at two transmission substations in Madison, Wisconsin knocked out power to thousands of customers.
Scotland: The devastating fire erupted at the £30,000 substation near the Scottish parliament and the plastic box it was encased in caused thick, acrid smoke.
US, Pasadena: An electrical transformer explosion in Monterey Park, Pasadena sparked a grass fire and cut power to thousands of customers.
Chennai, India: A fire gutted almost 12 huts in Dooming Kuppam area in Chennai, however, no casualties were reported in the incident.