NOPD said the transformer exploded, resulting in a fire on the roadway around 10:36 p.m.

The fire knocked out power to 900 customers for several hours, right in the middle of the busy Essence Festival weekend.

Parts of Bourbon and Conti streets were evacuated Saturday night after an underground electrical transformer exploded, ...

Police say they were notified around 10:36 p.m. that an underground electrical transformer exploded near the intersection of Conti and Bourbon Streets, resulting in a fire in the roadway.

Power has been restored to portions of the French Quarter where a transformer explosion sparked a fire and left parts of the ...

Entergy crews threatened while restoring power to French Quarter ...

Three people were injured when a transformer exploded in New Doornfontein in the Johannesburg CBD on Monday morning.