Planck Vision Systems manufactures thermal imaging solutions for portable inspection and 24/7 monitoring of commercial applications including: Early Fire Detection, Manufacturing, Substations & Tunnels, Electrical Panel/Cabinets, Storage Facilities, Data Centers and Elevated Body Temperature Screening. Our company is headquartered in Santa Barbara CA, the capital of infrared sensing technologies in the United States. Founded in 2020, our design team has worked together for more than 15 years on thermal/visible camera systems and on products that are currently distributed worldwide.We specialized in working with our customers to meet the unique thermal imaging needs of their clients. Our proven systems have been installed globally in commercial applications for energy production and distribution, food production, transportation, industrial automation, and elevated body temperature (EBT) detection.
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CLEVELAND — More questions remain after a reported transformer explosion caused widespread power outages on Cleveland’s west side Monday evening.
More than 20 hours after the incident, Cleveland Public Power released a statement on Facebook saying the cause of the power outages is under investigation and the majority of the 1,000 customers who were in the dark have had their power restored.
In the statement, CPP said there was no damage to the substation and “repairs include replacing several power lines that were destroyed. Once replaced they will begin to bring customers back online in a methodical manner so as not to cause any new disruptions.”
Residents on West 43rd Street say they had a front row seat to the explosion.
“All of a sudden sparking, like Vietnam,” said resident George Dinger. “Like you was getting bombed. That’s how bad it was. I was looking right out the window. I could hear it.”
Lt. Mike Norman, a spokesperson for the Cleveland Division of Fire, told 3News that the incident took place just before 7 p.m. Monday, and Cleveland Public Power confirmed the issue emanated from their West 41st Street Power Plant.
As of just after 7:30 p.m., West 41st Street was completely blocked at the exit ramp at Interstate 90. 3News crews observed widespread apparent outages on Bridge Avenue at the intersection of West 54th Street.
One firefighter at the scene confirmed to 3News that the explosion caused fire to spread across multiple utility poles.
Norman said firefighters also battled a house fire in the 4200 block of Fenwick Avenue, another street neighboring Cleveland Public Power’s West 41st Street Substation.
Crews found a gas fire in the basement of the home, plus electric meters on multiple houses down the street were blown off.
“I mean, it indicates a dangerous situation. I think, for us,” Norman told 3News on Tuesday. “And I talked to the battalion chief this morning, we’re both surprised that we didn’t have more house fires, actually. With that the damage that was done to those electrical meters, a lot of times that can lead to house fires.”
Norman said investigators are still seeing if they can confirm that the house fire was caused by the electrical event. But he added that the scene firefighters responded to was complex, with downed power lines and low visibility due to the power outage.
An outage map on Cleveland Public Power’s website previously showed power outages stretching from Fenwick Avenue to West 114th Street.
3News’ Candice Hare shared the following update on Tuesday morning:
Just after 4 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, CPP provided the following update:
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