The Indianapolis Fire Department are on the scene of multiple explosions in front of the Oceanaire restaurant on South Meridian St. in downtown Indianapolis.
The official IFD Twitter account reports of an underground transformer explosion that caused a lot of noise and smoke.
Underground transformer explosion causes heavy smoke & noise at Meridian & Maryland. #Evacuation @IPLPower pic.twitter.com/MqEW07QkGt
— IFD NEWS (@IFD_NEWS) August 13, 2014
All of the buildings in the area are being evacuated, with no injuries being reported and Meridian being closed between Maryland and Washington St.
Crews from Indianapolis Power and Light are on the scene, along with multiple crews from the Indianapolis Fire Department.