NewsMarch 23, 2009
AmerenUE official: squirrel was cause of Sunday morning power outage in Cape Girardeau
A squirrel stuck in a substation was the cause of a power outage for about 1400 AmerenUE customers in Cape Girardeau on Sunday morning. Spokesperson Susan Gallagher said the animal caused a transformer to shut down, causing the power outage for about four hours in the northern part of the city...
Southeast Missourian
A squirrel stuck in a substation was the cause of a power outage for about 1400 AmerenUE customers in Cape Girardeau on Sunday morning. Spokesperson Susan Gallagher said the animal caused a transformer to shut down, causing the power outage for about four hours in the northern part of the city.
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