62 68 Henry St Binghamton (Explosion in basement)

Source (WNBF)
According to reports by the City of Binghamton Fire Department posted on social media, an explosion and fire Saturday afternoon, August 13 at the Verizon Building on Henry Street can be traced to a possible transformer problem in the basement of the building.

Firefighters responded to the building at 64 Henry Street, just yards from the Downtown Binghamton Post office at 2:23 p.m. and found heavy black smoke rising from the sidewalk grates.

Source (WBNG)
According to the Binghamton Fire Department’s Facebook page, a 12,000-volt heavy amperage transformer exploded. The cover of the transformer was blown off its hinges and launched to the opposite side of the room. The fire department said the cover was placed on the transformer with multiple extremely strong bolts.