We believe a transformer exploded about 100 ft east from our house. There was a tremendous boom followed by many, eerie aqua blue flashes that buzzed. Yet, I used to watch tranformers explode during thunderstorms, and they’d flash one green flash and die. Also, it’s odd that none of the surrounding area appeared to have lost power. (This was well after dark, so it would be obvious.)
I was the first to report it to 911, and I thought there may have been a train derailment as the flashes continued…fearing the worst, I guess. (Tracks are 1/2 mile east of me and maybe 25-ft below grade in a ravine.) When I went to investigate (passing through my tree-lined, half-acre of a backyard), the fire trucks had already arrived, and it was hard to tell just what happened. All I could see was a small fire on the ground. At that point, the houses are hidden from the road, so maybe a handful of people lost power? I will check tomorrow, but I strongly WAG if a transformer, it was a box on the ground, and not a cylinder-like container on a pole, if that matters. I also WAG it is beyond the age of PCBs…if that affects the color of the explosion, too?
So, do aqua or turquoise flashes match a post-PCB era transformer explosion? Or, should I have still seen bright green flashes due to the high copper content? And, if not, what else could it have been? (The sky looked like ET just crash-landed across the street!)
Trying to piece it all together prior to seeing what I can learn tomorrow,
- Jinx
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