GREATER TORONTO, CANADA - At least two homes in Georgetown, a community in the town of Halton Hills in the Greater Toronto area, were heavily damaged and wide area of western Halton Region lost power after a transformer exploded in the town of Acton on Thursday morning.

Halton Regional Police reported two structure "fires of significance" broke out in Georgetown, while Halton Hills Fire crew received 28 calls with reports of fires, smells of smokes, odor investigations and power outages, reports CP24.

There was nobody inside the burned home at the time of the fire.

There are also no reports of injuries as a result of the explosion or the residential fires.

Source: CP24