Monday, September 17th 2012, 4:01 pm
Ponca City Energy is investigating a transformer explosion and fire at a city electrical substation Saturday morning.
The Ponca City newspaper reports the explosion at the facility on North Union caused a city-wide power outage. Service was restored to most customers within an hour.
The explosion was captured on cell phone video. [LiveLeak.com]
According to the newspaper, Ponca City Energy, which runs the substation, says it is not sure how many electrical switches and other equipment was lost in the resulting fire.
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