Substation Fire in Astoria Lights Up NYC Sky

Residents throughout New York City were left in shock and awe after the night sky was turned aqua blue after a fire at a Con Edison substation in Astoria.

According to Con Edison, an electrical fire at a substation on 20th Avenue and 32nd Street caused “a sustained electrical arc flash & transmission disturbance.”

Con Edison workers near the equipment that failed at the substation in #Astoria, causing last night's arc flash. https://t.co/exFdJq5R4y #Queens pic.twitter.com/n5U9vsn3Ny

— Con Edison (@ConEdison) December 28, 2018

Social media users from all over the five boroughs shared videos and photos of the effect last night.

Power plant explosion in Astoria Queens. Hope everyone is ok#ConEd #conedison #Explosion pic.twitter.com/7X0MEbGdyg

— Aaron Evan (@pair_up_) December 28, 2018

Explosions in Astoria! Terrifying. What’s going on @ABC7NY? This is @ConEdison plant in Astoria minutes ago! pic.twitter.com/1ZTWqYwjGr

— Chaz Wolcott (@dancinchaz) December 28, 2018

#explosion in #Queens about 2115 hrs on 27 DEC 2018. Credit: Brian J. Valentino pic.twitter.com/AZre4I9z3M

— Brian J. Valentino (@bjvalentino) December 28, 2018

Many feared an alien invasion due to the bizarre phenomenon while others were quick to post memes online.

The government is definitely up to something… This ain’t no “explosion” #Queens #Astoria #Conedison pic.twitter.com/xX6GLELtfT

— Mario (@KatsMario) December 28, 2018

“Transformer explosion in Astoria, Queens”

Sure……. pic.twitter.com/cHt7KoUzCC

— Lainie Nobel (@LainieNobel) December 28, 2018

This one is the best!#bluelightnyc #Queens#InfinityWar pic.twitter.com/hwBqNPEXpU

— A'ron (@HipHopConfucius) December 28, 2018

There were no injuries reported.

Councilman Costa Constantinides tweeted last night that there were no air quality concerns for Astoria after the fire.