I was on my way back from lunch earlier on Buffalo Speedway when I heard a boom, all the traffic lights went dead, and I saw billowing black smoke off to the east.
Apparently, a power transformer station along the Southwest Freeway exploded into flames. Since I was nearby, I walked down to the thing and got a cameraphone photo (above).
It didn’t take long for firefighters to get the thing under control. The media horde that soon descended on the relatively small fire was probably harder to control, in fact.
If you’re in the West U/Montrose/Greenway area, you should probably expect traffic lights to be out for a while (along with building power) and plan accordingly.
