WALTON, New York

A house was destroyed in an apparent explosion Thursday night.

The incident occurred around 9 p.m. on County Road 23.

12 News crews on scene said firefighters worked to extinguish flames at the scene. The house was completely destroyed.

https://www.wbng.com/2026/03/27/house-destroyed-apparent-explosion-walton/?outputType=amp

SAN DIEGO CO., California

A massive power outage left tens of thousands of people without electricity Thursday night across South Orange County and parts of San Diego County.

San Diego Gas & Electric reported that more than 100,000 customers were initially affected.

Other areas that were impacted included Laguna Hills and Laguna Niguel.

The cause of the outage was not immediately known.

Just after 9 p.m., San Diego Gas & Electric issued an alert announcing that power had been restored to all customers.

https://abc7.com/amp/post/more-40000-people-power-south-orange-county/18784976/

Roodepoort, South Africa

City Power says it is working to restore electricity to several suburbs in and around Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg. This follows an explosion of one of the main substations on Thursday.

City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena says technicians are on site to investigate the cause of the disruption.

“Several substations are affected, this is a huge area we are talking about the Roodepoort area. However, most of the work will be done in the morning so that we can restore power to the rest of the residents.”

https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/substation-explosion-leaves-roodepoort-suburbs-without-power/