Saltó el plomo y se apagaron las luces.  I don't understand why the sentence does not say El plomo Saltó instead of Saltó el plomo

The fuse blew and the lights went out.

Saltó el carro unos pocos minutos después del choque The same thing here, why isn't it El carro Saltó?

The car blew up just a few minutes after the crash.

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