‘Four explosions’ at Georgia power plant shake homes ‘violently’ as massive transformer fire erupts

GEORGIA residents reported that they heard multiple explosions and their homes shook “violently” after a fire broke out at a nearby power plant. Georgia Power confirmed early Monday that a transformer fire had broken out at a plant near Atlanta, and that there are no known injuries at this time. The company hasn’t yet confirmed […]

GEORGIA residents reported that they heard multiple explosions and their homes shook “violently” after a fire broke out at a nearby power plant.

Georgia Power confirmed early Monday that a transformer fire had broken out at a plant near Atlanta, and that there are no known injuries at this time.

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A giant cloud of dark smoke can be seen coming from the plant near Atlanta, Georgia[/caption]

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Fire fighters were on the scene early Monday[/caption]

The company hasn’t yet confirmed that there was an explosion, however, multiple residents took to social media to share that they heard and felt them.

“There were four explosions total, the first and the strongest shook our home violently,” one resident wrote on Twitter.

By early Monday, fire crews reported that the blaze, which erupted at Plant McDonough in Cobb County, was under control.

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Residents reported that explosions in the plant shook their homes[/caption]

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The plant has confirmed the fire, but has yet to confirm any explosions[/caption]

“Crews are still on the scene conducting fire suppression operations at the Georgia Power Plant on S Cobb Dr.,” the Cobb Country Fire Department said in a statement on Twitter.

“Sixteen firefighting apparatus responded to this incident. No injuries of personnel on scene or responding. No power outages to report, fire is under control,” it continued.

Scary images captured by nearby residents show a massive cloud of dark smoke rising above the power plant late Sunday into early Monday.

Local outlet 11 Alive reported that the fire broke out, and there were multiple reports of loud explosions, between 11.20 and 11.30 Sunday night.

The outlet reported that fire fighters were seen leaving the area around 6.30 Monday morning.

A statement from Georgia Power said that there was no fire inside the plant structure, and that the blaze was contained to the switchyard.