Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A file photo of a Hartford fire truck. Hartford fire officials say crews are responding to a transformer explosion and fire on ...

RIO RANCHO, N.M. — A town in New Mexico was left in the dark Wednesday night after a raccoon met a fiery fate with a power station transformer. Those who live near the facility in Rio Rancho told KOB ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just after 5 p.m., the map showed nearly 30,000 without power across the county, including 1,957 households in Sonora and 27,773 ...

LAFAYETTE, Calif. -- A transformer explosion Wednesday afternoon has caused the shutdown of a road in Lafayette, police said. Police were dispatched to Hidden Valley Road just before 1 p.m. Power in ...

A shed fire that spread to high-tension power lines sparked a transformer explosion in Virginia, forcing a power shutdown and leaving thousands potentially impacted, fire officials said. Fire and ...

A lightning strike in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, caused a transformer explosion and power outages on Aug. 11. South Carolina experiences a high number of lightning strikes annually, averaging ...