<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>The hottest day of 2018 was a bad day for a power failure at The Bridge homeless shelter in downtown Dallas.
A power transformer burst into flames shortly before 4 p.m. in a parking lot near the shelter in the 180<wm>0 block of Lamar Boulevard. Employees, clients and passersby are seen running down a fire escape. The flames are extinguished by firefighters. [John Leyba/Dallas Morning News]
A power transformer burst into flames during a heat-related outage, causing a massive fire. The fire damaged several buildings in the surrounding areas. [John Leyba/Dallas Morning News]
A power surge from a failed generator resulted from an uncontrolled spark during a heat-related power outage that affected homes throughout the city.
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