Residents reported hearing an explosion near a busy Midtown intersection Monday night, prompting a response from Atlanta Fire Rescue crews who later found and extinguished a small underground fire that knocked out power to thousands of customers.

An underground fire left over 2,000 customers without power in Midtown Atlanta on Monday night.

Crews are responding to an underground fire and reported explosions in Midtown Atlanta on Monday night, according to the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department.

Georgia Power is making final repairs following an underground fire in midtown Atlanta that left thousands without power for several hours.

The area is right near Cafe Intermezzo, Wicked Wolf and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Atlanta firefighters responded to a house fire in the 2500 block of Herring Road SW near Bengamin E. Mays Drive SW in southwest Atlanta early Thursday morning.

Atlanta fire crews and police have blocked off a portion of 11th Street and Crescent Avenue in midtown, which is west of Piedmont Park, after what was described as a ‘small underground fire’ this evening. Witnesses told firefighters they heard explosions before the fire was discovered.