The evening of the opening, Grand Central Terminal was struck by a blackout, the result of a transformer fire.

"I'm confident the day will go smoothly for downtown Manhattan," he said when asked if power failures related to the transformer fire were expected today.

Stocks sagged in a session shortened by a transformer fire that delayed trading until 11 A.M.

Since power was lost in a transformer fire Wednesday, the Red Cross had been serving three meals a day to 150 to 250 elderly residents.

After the transformer fire, each of the electrical generators at the 1,254-megawatt Reliant plant were shut down.

A fourth generator was damaged in the transformer fire and will not be back in service for several days.

Power to six square miles of downtown Norfolk, Va., was shut off after melting snow caused a transformer fire.

They used the helicopters on July 20 during a large transformer fire at a Consolidated Edison substation in Lower Manhattan, officials said.

Fire officials characterized the blaze as a transformer fire, while Amtrak officials said it was unclear what had caught on fire.

Firefighter McGill said the transformer fire at Portofino quickly died down, but the two lowest floors had already filled with smoke.