A huge fireball has burst from a pavement on a busy street narrowly missing a passer-by standing just yards from the blast.
The dramatic explosion was said to have shaken nearby buildings and left a gaping crater at the side of the road.
Video footage of the blast shows one astonished bystander running from the scene as flames shoot from the ground.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said it was investigating the explosion which happened on Pimlico Road in central London on Thursday morning.
Cables at that spot carry up to 11,000 volts.
Nearly 2,000 people in the area saw their power interrupted following the explosion.
"We are aware of this and we are making inquiries into what happened," an HSE spokesman said.
A spokesman for UK Power Networks, which maintains the electricity distribution network in the region, said: "At 10.25am yesterday a fault on our underground electricity network in Pimlico Road interrupted power supplies to 1,867 customers.
"UK Power Networks engineers rerouted supplies to 861 customers within 10 minutes and all supplies were reconnected by 1.55pm.
"Safety is our top priority and the cause of this incident is being investigated.
"We apologise to customers for the inconvenience caused by the power cut and our staff restored all supplies as quickly as safely possible."
A National Grid spokesman said the explosion was not gas-related.
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