But when flooded with too much electricity, the sudden surge can cause a transformer explosion. As transformers detect an energy spike, they're programmed to turn off, but it can take up to 60 ...

Center City transformer fire leads to evacuations More Stories Manhole cover blown off after underground fire, explosion VIDEO: Manhole cover blown off after underground fire, explosion VIDEO ...

Popular Mechanics explains: When flooded with too much electricity, the sudden surge can cause a transformer explosion. As transformers detect an energy spike, they’re programmed to turn off ...

Read Slate’s complete coverage of Hurricane Sandy. A transformer explosion knocked out power to a wide swath of Manhattan on Monday night. ConEd says it could take up to a week to restore power ...

Videos of transformers exploding have been popping up as Hurricane Milton moved through Florida.Milton made landfall along the Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm on Wednesday before it weakened to a ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- About a dozen fire personnel responded to an underground transformer explosion near San Francisco's Pier 3 that blew two manhole covers off Sunday morning, a fire ...

NEDERLAND, Texas — Firefighters were sent to turn off a powerline in Nederland due to a transformer exploding. Jefferson County Water District No. 10 Volunteer Fire Department sent firefighters ...

Lexington firefighters battled the heat as well as the flames, and remained on the scene for hours. Officials are still trying to determine the cause of a transformer explosion at a power station ...