Multiple cars were destroyed by fire after a transformer explosion in La Grange Park, Illinois, Tuesday afternoon.
Village officials posted to their social media accounts, instructing residents to stay away from the area around La Grange Road and 31st Street because of a transformer fire.
Witnesses said the transformer exploded, causing the fire. The La Grange Park village manager said four cars were damaged and three were completely destroyed after a downed power line and transformer sparked the blaze around 1:30 p.m. in a commercial parking lot…