Videos posted on social media showed what appeared to be a fire or explosion in a building near the base of the dam. A huge plume of black smoke swirled above the building.
In this image provided by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, firefighters extinguish a fire at the Hoover Dam that borders Nevada and Arizona on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, near Boulder City, Nev. The agency said no one was injured.Boulder City, Nev. •
“There is no risk to the power grid,” according to Jacklynn L. Gould, the federal Bureau of Reclamation’s regional director for the Lower Colorado Region. The fire ignited around 10 a.m. and was out within a half-hour, she said. William Herro, 13, of San Francisco, was on a viewing bridge with his parents when he saw the explosion and then heard a “big boom.”
The postings showed the explosion occurred at a building slightly downstream from the base of the dam. The complex is in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River.
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