Photos: Power outages around downtown New Orleans after underground transformer explodes … Post published:April 25, 2021 Post category:Explosion A transformer explosion caused a power outage in parts of downtown. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate). READ MORE Author: CIP-News Read more articles Previous PostTransformer fire, explosion cause evacuation of downtown hotel; no injuries reported Next PostA hopeful post-nuclear future: Celebrate the closure of Indian Point, an unsafe and unnecessary plant