Electrical explosion is a high-energy, rapid discharge technique that rapidly heats and vaporises a metallic sample, resulting in the formation of plasma and subsequent ultrafast quenching. This ...

(WHTM) — Hundreds of residents were without power after a transformer exploded in York County this morning. According to MetED, a minor transformer explosion in Hanover, York County left over 500 ...

Two inmates of the Uyo Medium Custodial Centre, Akwa Ibom State, were confirmed dead on Thursday, with two prison officials critically injured in an electric transformer explosion. It was learned that ...

DALLAS, Oct. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Arnold & Itkin LLP has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Joseph Soroka, a Washington worker who sustained catastrophic burn injuries when electrical transformers ...

Twin plumes of smoke came pouring out of sidewalk grates along Market Street late Friday afternoon, triggering a response from the Wichita Fire Department. Roughly a half dozen fire trucks and a dozen ...

Electrical explosion of metal wires in vacuum represents a complex and rapidly evolving phenomenon, whereby a high current pulse induces a swift transition of a thin metal wire from a solid state ...

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In the must-see video above, a lightning strike caused a bit of a fright among motorists in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, when it hit a power line on August 11. Dashcam footage released by the Mount ...

The high-tension wire reportedly dropped directly on a section of the custodial facility, electrocuting four inmates and resulting in the death of two, while two others sustained injuries. Two inmates ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. - An intense video recorded in South Carolina shows the moment when a bolt of lightning caused a transformer to explode in spectacular fashion on Monday. The Mount Pleasant Police ...