Didn't this also happen in the New York City area within the past year?  Big Blue lights and the poof, a huge power outage. New York transformer explosion lights sky blue, knocks power A transformer explosion at an electrical plant set the skies above New York City ablaze in an eerie, pulsing blue light Thursday night, causing scattered power outages, delaying flights.... https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/12/28/new-york-transformer-explosion-lights-sky-blue-knocks-power.html