Giant transformer explodes in New York City - GIFs and photo

[Frank S]

Since there were no injuries or deaths I'll say it couldn't happen to a nicer place. NYFD and PD don't need to have to deal with casualties

[bruce.desertrat]

Way back when I was a young kid, a couple of somewhat older kids hopped the fence into the local transformer substation (because forbidden places are always the sweetest right?) Well, one kid was luckier than the other .. he lived. Minus about half of his arms, but he lived. Local teevee played that story on very heavy rotation, and one of my classmates (this was about 4th grade) was the younger brother of the one who lived...

We all got the message.

[baja]

Years ago, my buddy and I were coming back from Nogales, AZ and stopped at a gas station for fuel. While my buddy went in to pay, I was looking off to the south and heard a hell of a bang behind me. I turned around in time to see a kid running from a small substation and a body falling from a transformer. I went running over there, horrified that some kid had managed to climb up there and get fried. Turned out it was a chimp dressed in kid clothes. I can still see one of his hands smoking on the power line. That gave me nightmares for a long time.