Fire at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant facility

SPRING CITY, Tenn. (WDEF) – TVA officials say the public was never in danger from a fire Tuesday night at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant near Spring City.

Fire crews from Rhea and Meigs County battled a transformer fire at the switch yard.

TVA declared an unusual event at the plant, but officials say neither nuclear reactor was threatened by the fire.

The exact cause of the transformer malfunction is under investigation.