BOULDER CITY, Nv. - Police in Boulder City, Nevada are responding to a fire at the Hoover Dam Tuesday. Police confirmed to FOX Television Stations they have crews on the way to the Hoover Dam, which sits at the border of Arizona and Nevada along the Colorado River.
Just before 11 a.m. local time, Boulder City Police tweeted the fire had been extinguished.The extent of the damage and the cause of the fire are not yet known.
A video posted minutes earlier to social media appeared to show a small explosion. The dam, which generates enough hydroelectric power to serve 1.3 million people, is a popular tourist destination.
A video posted to Twitter at 10:11 a.m. local time claimed to be from a woman touring the dam when she heard an explosion and saw fire.