{"id":421723,"date":"2026-10-08T00:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T00:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/421723\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T00:20:08","slug":"tallahassee-underground-electrical-fire-disrupted-government-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/421723\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallahassee underground electrical fire disrupted government operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DOWNTOWN TALLAHASSEE, FL (WTXL) \u2014 Downtown Tallahassee is returning to normal after an <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/downtown-tallahassee\/underground-electrical-fire-closes-roads-courthouse-in-downtown-tallahassee\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">underground electrical fire<\/a> disrupted traffic, business and government operations in the heart of the city Tuesday, as officials continue their investigation into what happened.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH FULL REPORT BELOW:<\/p>\n<p>Downtown Tallahassee recovering after an underground electrical fire while city investigation continues<\/p>\n<p>A video circulating online shows the moment the road burst open. <\/p>\n<p>ABC 27&#8217;s <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/brieanna-smith\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brieanna Smith<\/a> reached out to a city spokesperson who said they&#8217;ve seen the video, but don&#8217;t know its origin.<\/p>\n<p>The Tallahassee Police Department was able to rule out criminal activity.<br \/>The stretch of road had received recent upgrades from the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/nwflroads.com\/projects\/421635-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>We also reached out to the agency but were directed to send all questions related to the incident to the city.<\/p>\n<p>The incident marks a third <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/downtown-tallahassee\/repairs-complete-after-power-outage-in-large-section-of-downtown-tallahassee-city-says\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">outage<\/a> in the city within the past month.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/college-town\/fsu-says-electrical-failure-caused-outage-that-delayed-smu-game\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Doak Campbell Stadium<\/a> experienced an outage during Florida State University\u2019s Labor Day game against SMU, due to a failed breaker. The city said the two are not connected.<\/p>\n<p>Repairs related to Tuesday&#8217;s incident were made overnight, restoring the following:<\/p>\n<p>Text-to-911 systemCounty phone servicesIn-person visitation at the jailPublic access to the courthouse and annex<\/p>\n<p>Criminal courts remained closed Wednesday, with the exception of first appearances.<\/p>\n<p>The city said the investigation is of the highest priority, hoping to get it done as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>Want to see more local news? Visit the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WTXL ABC 27 Website. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stay in touch with us anywhere, anytime.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WTXLABC27\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Like us on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wtxlabc27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Instagram <\/a>and <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/abc27\" rel=\"nofollow\">X.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DOWNTOWN TALLAHASSEE, FL (WTXL) \u2014 Downtown Tallahassee is returning to normal after an underground electrical fire disrupted traffic,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[242,509,67190,166447,68412,166448,166449,232,166450,234,233,166451,156414],"class_list":["post-421723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-abc-27","tag-big-bend","tag-consolidated-dispatch-agency","tag-doak-campbell-stadium-power-outage","tag-downtown-tallahasse","tag-fdot-road-upgrades","tag-leon-county-courthouse-closure","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-electrical-fire","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news","tag-tallahassee-power-outage","tag-tpd-investigation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}