Bright Light in NYC Mystifies New Yorkers After Transformer Fire

Bright blue light is seen after a transformer explosion on Thursday at an electric power station in the New York City borough of Queens, U.S., in this picture obtained from social media on Dec. 28, 2018. Twitter/@Eat_Work_Run/via Reuters
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A transformer explosion at an electric power substation in the New York City borough of Queens lit up the night sky with a bright blue light on Dec. 27, mystifying some residents, but officials said no one was injured in the incident.

“The light you have seen throughout the city appears to have been from a transformer explosion at a Con Ed facility in Queens,” the New York Police Department said in an advisory on to residents on Twitter.