Squirrel is responsible for power outage of 2,000 houses in Oregon

 A strength outage that affected 1,953 clients in Oregon turned into blamed on a single offender: a squirrel.

Portland preferred electric said 1,953 clients in East Salem misplaced strength approximately 10:forty two a.m. Tuesday and the strength was restored at 12:07 p.m.

PGE stated a squirrel changed into responsible for the outage, but the specifics of the animal's moves have been doubtful.

Dominion electricity said about 10,000 customers in Virginia misplaced power in September whilst a squirrel came into touch with substation gadget. strength become restored after about an hour.