Photos: Large fire at CenterPoint substation in Texas City

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Thick black smoke and heavy flames could be seen for miles from the CenterPoint substation in Texas City after a transformer caught fire Tuesday afternoon.

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Thick black smoke and heavy flames could be seen for miles from the CenterPoint substation in Texas City after a transformer caught fire Tuesday afternoon.

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Thick black smoke and heavy flames could be seen for miles from the CenterPoint substation in Texas City after a transformer caught fire Tuesday afternoon.

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Thick black smoke and heavy flames could be seen for miles from the CenterPoint substation in Texas City after a transformer caught fire Tuesday afternoon.

AIR 11

Thick black smoke and heavy flames could be seen for miles from the CenterPoint substation in Texas City after a transformer caught fire Tuesday afternoon.

AIR 11

Thick black smoke and heavy flames could be seen for miles from the CenterPoint substation in Texas City after a transformer caught fire Tuesday afternoon.

AIR 11

Thick black smoke and heavy flames could be seen for miles from the CenterPoint substation in Texas City after a transformer caught fire Tuesday afternoon.

AIR 11

Thick black smoke and heavy flames could be seen for miles from the CenterPoint substation in Texas City after a transformer caught fire Tuesday afternoon.

AIR 11

Thick black smoke and heavy flames could be seen for miles from the CenterPoint substation in Texas City after a transformer caught fire Tuesday afternoon.

AIR 11

Thick black smoke and heavy flames could be seen for miles from the CenterPoint substation in Texas City after a transformer caught fire Tuesday afternoon.

AIR 11

Thick black smoke and heavy flames could be seen for miles from the CenterPoint substation in Texas City after a transformer caught fire Tuesday afternoon.

AIR 11

Thick black smoke and heavy flames could be seen for miles from the CenterPoint substation in Texas City after a transformer caught fire Tuesday afternoon.

KHOU

Thick black smoke and heavy flames could be seen for miles from the CenterPoint substation in Texas City after a transformer caught fire Tuesday afternoon.

KHOU

Thick black smoke and heavy flames could be seen for miles from the CenterPoint substation in Texas City after a transformer caught fire Tuesday afternoon.

KHOU

Thick black smoke and heavy flames could be seen for miles from the CenterPoint substation in Texas City after a transformer caught fire Tuesday afternoon.

KHOU

Thick black smoke and heavy flames could be seen for miles from the CenterPoint substation in Texas City after a transformer caught fire Tuesday afternoon.

KHOU

Thick black smoke and heavy flames could be seen for miles from the CenterPoint substation in Texas City after a transformer caught fire Tuesday afternoon.

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