VIDEO: Emerson Graf says she and her mother heard a strange noise seconds before a huge explosion on Monday.
“It was just insane. It was so loud,” said Emerson Graf, of Lexington.
They watched as a transformer exploded, creating a huge fireball in the area of Main Street. “We started to hear like scratching and little clicking noises, and we just looked over, and there was this giant explosion,” said Graf.
Lexington’s fire chief says it was a step down transformer that blew up. He says heat from the fire on this scorching day made it tough to fight.
“One of the 13,000 to 14,000-volt transformers exploded and obviously with the heat, it made for a tough fight,” said Chief Derek Sencabaugh, of the Lexington Fire Department.