Power Returns For Thousands In Hudson Valley After Squirrel Caper

A squirrel traipsing through an electric transformer temporarily knocked out power Sunday to thousands of Orange & Rockland Utilities customers west of the Hudson River, according to News 12.

Power was temporarily out Sunday for thousands of Orange & Rockland Utilities customers after a squirrel got into a transformer, News 12 says.
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Amy Maciaszek

07/11/2016 1:30 p.m.

The outage started Sunday morning, but power was back on by the afternoon to about 3,600 customers, News 12 says.

In a separate but related issue, customers in Monroe reported a power outage Thursday and said it has become a growing problem in that area, News 12 reports.

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