India, Himachal Pradesh: A freshly overhauled power transformer of the underground 120 MW Sanjay Jalvidyut Pariyojna (SJP) power project at Bhawa Nagar in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, has been destroyed in a fire, forcing the shutdown of the power station for indefinite period.
Turkey, Istanbul: A power grid transformer burst into flames in the Bahçelievler district of Istanbul during maintenance work, taking two lives and leaving several workers injured.
Colombia, Valle del Cauca: A blown transformer and numerous circuit failures in the Cali power grid caused by heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorm have left thousands of Emcali customers without power.
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, Washington DC: Several US government buildings lost power due to a transformer explosion in a construction accident on Monday.
Bangladesh, Dhaka: 39,000 power distribution transformers exploded around the country in the 2013-14 fiscal year, mostly due to overloading.
France, Lyon: Yesterday afternoon, a power transformer exploded in Les Halles Paul Bocuse in Lyon.
USA, Indiana: A series of small underground transformer explosions occurred in downtown Indianapolis causing brownish-gray smoke on the streets.
France, Le Tréport: Power transformer explosion caused a massive blackout in the city and Mers-les-Bains, Criel-sur-Mer and Ault.
France, Champey: A power transformer explosion caused an outage in the entire Champey. The residents saw thick smoke escaping the transformer.
Chile, Santiago: The explosion of a power transformer near the Apumanque shopping centre mobilised police following an attempted bank robbery using gas explosion.
Mexico, Zapopan: An explosion of a Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) underground power transformer occurred in the downtown area of Zapopan.
USA, California: Power transformer explosion caused a structure fire near Montana and Second streets in Santa Monica.