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NES says this animal was the cause of thousands of outages in South Nashville

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) — Thousands were briefly without power in South Nashville as temperatures skyrocket to the near triple digits on Saturday due to an animal, according to the Nashville Electric Service (NES).

According to the NES outage map over 3,000 customers were without power in South Nashville around 11:30 p.m.

NES said the outage was caused by a crow getting into a local substation’s equipment.

Crews with NES said they were working to restore power now and they said they will have everyone back online as quickly and as safely as possible.

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