NEW YORK — There was a boom, then a hum. The lights flickered. A giant plume of smoke filled the New York City sky and turned it blue. “A sort of unnatural, fluorescent shade of blue,” said Bill San ...

A transformer exploded Thursday night at a Con Edison facility in Queens, causing scattered power outages and sending a spectacular light across the New York skyline. Authorities said a fire caused by ...

NEW YORK — There was a boom, then a hum. The lights flickered. A giant plume of smoke filled the New York City sky and turned it blue. New York Sky Turns Bright Blue After Transformer Explosion “A ...