NEW YORK, Ny. — The skies over New York City turned bright blue Thursday night after a transformer explosion in Queens caused some residents to wonder what was going on.
"The lights you have seen throughout the city appear to have been from a transformer explosion at a Con Ed facility in Queens," the NYPD posted on Twitter.
ADVISORY: The lights you have seen throughout the city appear to have been from a transformer explosion at a Con Ed facility in Queens. The fire is under control, will update as more info becomes available. Follow @fdny, @NYPD114pct and @conedison. pic.twitter.com/fdzQKs1wVV
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) December 28, 2018
The fire is now under control, police said.
LaGuardia Airport had grounded all flights in order to do an airport inspection and the ground stop has since been lifted, according to the FAA.
Some have posted amazing videos of the incident on social media.
Any idea what’s going down in Queens right now? This has been lighting up the sky for the last 10 minutes. pic.twitter.com/QaFGZaMHnF
— Jake Mendel (@ijakemendel) December 28, 2018
Queens. pic.twitter.com/BWfucxjWXZ
— 🏁 A Black Man. (@BrianFutura_) December 28, 2018
Anyone else see this alien invasion happening in Queens? #nyc #queens #lga #laguardia pic.twitter.com/Qjn8ra3Udr
— Keith Wan (@RealKeithWan) December 28, 2018
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