Resettable breakers (partially) work on magnetic fields, so in theory a power surge at a transformer (massive coils) could generate a strong enough field. Just a guess
Magnetic fields fall by distance to the 4th power (more or less) and are effectively zero at distances greater than double the size of the magnet (the pole separation).
I.e. unless that transformer was stupendously large there's no way the magnetic field would reach a home 2 blocks away.
But I appreciate you at least trying to answer, so thanks.