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Athens Utilities crews restore power following outage caused by snake

Published: Jul. 2, 2024 at 9:26 PM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago

ATHENS, Ala. ( WAFF) - The Athens Utilities Electric Department has restored power to customers who were impacted by an outage on Tuesday night.

According to officials, the outage was caused by a snake that found its way into the Peach Orchard Substation.

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