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Virginia power outage for 11,700 customers blamed on snake

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Published in Weird News

(UPI) Utility company officials said a power outage affecting about 11,700 customers in Virginia was caused by a snake.

Dominion Energy confirmed about 11,700 customers in Newport News, including Christopher Newport University, lost power Saturday night.

Crews discovered the cause of the outage was a snake that slithered into a high voltage area and came into contact with a transformer.

 

Electricity was restored to all customers after about an hour and a half.

The type of snake responsible for the outage was not identified.


Copyright 2024 by United Press International

 

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