Comment: US and NYC authorities are being vague, and the discussion of the topic appears to be 'damped down' on social media...
The FDNY was called to the 580 block of Main Street, just south of the Roosevelt Island Bridge & Tram, at around 5.54am, after reports came in of explosions and buildings shaking, the fire department told The Independent.
The NYPD said to The Independent that "it is believed that it was a transformer that possibly caused the incident."
A transformer is a device that transfers electric energy from one circuit to others.
Comment: Does a transformer really explain such noises and significant shaking? Note that, just over 2 weeks ago, on December 15th: Explosion at NYC substation results in brief blackout, people stuck on elevators
The police department did not elaborate on where the transformer was located or how exactly it caused the reported explosion sounds and shaking.
The potential explosions have caused power outages on Roosevelt Island, abc7 reports.
People on the Upper East Side and Astoria in Queens also reported they felt small tremors.
Multiple residents reported they were abruptly awoken by loud noises and the feeling of their buildings shaking.
Footage uploaded onto Citizen, a personal safety network, shows multiple firefighters at the scene, along with claims that they were dealing with fires coming from maintenance holes.
While the roads are still open, the NYPD is helping traffic through the area while the large FDNY presence counties to investigate, the outlet said.
The FDNY said they are still at the scene investigating the source of the explosion.
Comment: It seems minor tremors were still being reported even after the emergency services arrived:
No injuries have been reported and the structural integrity of the surrounding buildings was also being checked, but none seemed affected, the outlet reports.
The FDNY told The Independent that the incident was under control by 7.08am.
They have turned the scene over to Con Edison, the power supply company for New York City.
The Independent has tried to contact Con Edison but has received no reply.
Comment: While infrastructure in the US has been neglected for years and is fast deteriorating, and in just the last 36 hours there was the strongest X-class solar flare of the current cycle - the strongest since 2017 - which was quickly followed by a strong earthquake in Japan, there's another possibility to consider: sabotage. As noted on Wikipedia: One also recalls the spate of incidents earlier in the year; a number of which were train derailments: Huge fire as 40-car train hauling hazardous substances derails in Minnesota city, Barge carrying toxic methanol spills 1,400 tons into Ohio river
Judging by events on the world stage, it seems likely that, soon enough, sabotage of this magnitude might be just what the establishment needs to sow chaos to further its agenda:
- First-ever known drone attack against US electricity grid, DHS reports (Nov 2021)
- Nationwide power outage in Sri Lanka due to 'a system failure' (Dec 2023)
- Energy blackout on Danish island claimed to be sabotage by authorities, later dismissed by grid operator
- Declassified US report on potential for 'super EMP blackout warfare'
- UK could be brought to a halt 'at any moment' by cyberattack, Parliament report warns
Meanwhile on New Year's day in New York: