Twin Cities Urbex Club

I heard the boom when this happened from inside my house! Could see smoke/light in the sky coming from the Western/94 area even though I was several blocks away. There were a lot of different wires and poles in the area either on fire or smoking. Xcel was working on a transformer pad and a couple of ...

www.mprnews.org/story/2026/03/30/st-paul-power-surge-fire-after-attempted-copper-theft

4/30/2026 Attempted copper theft leads to electrical surge, fire in St. Paul

St. Paul fire officials say a fire and reports of an explosion Sunday night appear to have started when someone attempted to steal ...