Officials say no one was injured when a transformer at Hoover Dam briefly caught fire Tuesday morning.
Firefighters extinguish a fire that resulted from an explosion at Hoover Dam. Courtesy: Bureau of Reclamation– A transformer exploded Tuesday at Hoover Dam, one of the nation's largest hydroelectric facilities, producing a thick cloud of black smoke and flames that were quickly extinguished.
“There is no risk to the power grid,” said Jacklynn Gould, a regional director for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The explosion occurred on the apron of a building housing turbines that is slightly downstream from the base of the dam, about 25 miles southeast of Las Vegas. Hoover Dam is one of the tallest concrete dams in the U.S. at 726 feet . Each of its 17 generators can supply electricity to 100,000 households.
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