Equipment catches fire at Prolec-GE transformer factory
Firefighters battled an equipment fire at Prolec-GE’s manufacturing plant in Waukesha early Sunday, Nov. 5.
Hawaiian Electric continues restoration work in Lahaina
Hawaiian Electric continues urgent restoration work in Lahaina 10 weeks after the devastating Aug. 8 wildfire.
Idaho substation fire continues to burn
Canyon County Sheriff’s Office has issued an update to a battery fire that started at the Idaho Power substation in Melba, Idaho on Monday.
Lightning strike sets substation on fire
A fire broke out at a substation at the Rooiwal Power Station in Pretoria in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Hawaiian Electric continues Maui power restoration
Hawaiian Electric has continued with its power restoration efforts in fire-stricken Maui.
Underground transformer catches fire in San Francisco
USA, San Francisco: Parts of San Francisco were left without power after an outage knocked out power to nearly 10,000 customers.
Fire breaks out in factory in Vaasa, Finland
Finland, Vaasa: The source has confirmed a fire broke out on 29 March at Hitachi Energy’s premises in the factory area in Vaasa, Finland.
Transformer fire forces evacuation at hospital in Brockton
A transformer fire forced an evacuation at a hospital Brockton on the morning of 7 February.
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.
Fire hits Bangkok’s Sampeng market
Thailand, Bangkok: A fire broke out near Sampeng market on Ratchawong road leading to the Ratchawong boat pier in Bangkok’s Samphanthawong district.
Transgrid to launch investigation into Dapto substation fire
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.
Transformer substation regulator catches fire in Davenport
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.
Main power transformer at Dresden caught fire
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.
Eskom generation transformer catches fires at Kendal Power Station
South Africa, Johannesburg: Eskom announced a fire broke out at the Kendal power station in the early morning of 11 September, damaging several units.
Fire at SGB Smit – Power Matla transformer factory
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.
Fire breaks out at Nagarjuna Sagar power plant
India, Telangana: A fire broke out at Nagarjuna Sagar hydroelectric power station on 4 January in the early morning hours.
Huge fire at power substation in Noida
India, Uttar Pradesh, Noida: A massive fire broke out at a power substation in Safipur village in Noida on 19 August.
Transformer cathes fire at Iranian power plant
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.
Fire at electrical substation in Orpington
England, Orpington: Early in the morning of 18 June, aa fire broke out at an electrical substation on Andover Road in Orpington.
Ogden fire damages substation
SAD, Utah, Ogden: A fire in Ogden damaged a power substation and threatened 72 structures, according to Utah Fire Info’s Twitter account.
Failed transformer at Entergy substation caughts on fire
A transformer failed in Entergy’s Port Neches Bulk substation on 28 April, sparking a loud boom and resulting in fire.
Substation fire hits power in Kolkata
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 at Ayede substation in Nigeria
Fire struck the Ayede station of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Ibadan, Oyo State, burning completely the transformer located inside the station.
Tranformer causes fire at Long Island substation
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.