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OPPD says a transformer blew around 5:45 p.m. Smoke was coming from an open manhole after two underground explosions blew off the cover near 17th Street and St. Mary's Avenue. OPPD is still trying to figure out why a cable failed, causing the fire in a network vault. It was extinguished around 7:15 p.m. OPPD crews were assessing the damage and working to restore power. At the height of the blackout, nearly 3,000 customers were without power.