MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — The power went out in a neighborhood in Potomac Monday night, officials said. Thousands line up for annual National Memorial Day Parade Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson, Pete Piringer, said in a post on the platform X that a transformer blew in the 10100 Lloyd Road […]
(FOX40.COM) — The Sacramento Fire Department recently battled a transformer fire that caused power lines to ignite and spread. At around 3:54 p.m. on Saturday, fire crews arrived at the 1000 block of North B Street for a fire that “quickly escalated to live power lines down on the ground, making the situation very difficult […]
The world’s electricity infrastructure is awash in transformers, the bits of equipment that change voltage as electricity courses through the grid. They’re present at nearly every point, from power plants to phone chargers. For the most part, they’ve been unchanged since they were first developed in the late 1800s. That longevity is a testament to […]