The New York Police Department is investigating a transformer explosion at a Con Edison power plant in Queens, the department tweeted.
The explosions lit up the sky in shades of blue visible as far as Manhattan and New Jersey. The tremors shook buildings and rattled windows, sending people running into the streets.
Residents reported temporary power outages.
« The lights you have seen throughout the city appear to have been from a transformer explosion at a Con Ed facility in Queens.
