Power outage - Squirrels bite into Sunday's commerce
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July 15, 2015
SQUIRRELLY WORK – A crew from Puget Sound Energy works to restore power to La Conner on Sunday, after a squirrel living in an underground electrical vault apparently bit into the wrong wire. The result was disastrous for the squirrel. – Photo by Don Coyote
Lunch and afternoon shopping was halted in La Conner on Sunday when a squirrel chewed through an electrical line and knocked out the town’s power.
Akiko Oda with Puget Sound Energy said the four-hour outage was caused by a small animal inside the undrground equipment.
The outage started at noon, and continued until Puget Sound Energy workers could replace an underground high voltage electrical vault just before 4 p.m..
The damaged power box, which is located near the La Conner Regional Library, was completely scorched, said Frank Scott, La Conner’s Code Enforcement Officer.
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