The Associated Press
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — An underground transformer has exploded and about 250 mostly elderly residents are evacuating their apartments in suburban Washington, D.C.
Lt. Willie Bailey of the Fairfax County fire department says it’s unclear what caused the transformer to explode at about 8 a.m. Monday in the Seven Corners area.
Residents of a nearby apartment complex for the elderly and disabled are being taken to a school as a precaution while investigators look into what happened.
No injuries were reported.
Bailey says about 60 firefighters responded and have put out the fire.