PG&E says a squirrel caused early-morning power outage - Action News Now
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OROVILLE, Calif. 11:34 A.M. UPDATE - PG&E said crews patrolled the circuit and found a squirrel had come into contact with overhead lines on a pole and caused a fault when it was electrocuted, causing the circuit breaker to trip.
Power was restored by 10:17 a.m.
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Power has been restored to the people affected in Oroville, according to the PG&E outage website.
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Pacific Gas & Electric says that the outage is currently impacting 2,500 customers in the Oroville area.
According to PG&E, the outage began at 6:15 a.m. and originally impacted just under 3,000 customers.
PG&E says that two troublemen are out patrolling the lines looking for the cause of the outage.
There is no current time of restoration for customers impacted by the outage.
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Over 2,900 PG&E customers are without power in the Oroville area, according to the PG&E outage website.
The power went out around 6:13 a.m. and PG&E says they do not know when the power is scheduled to come back.
PG&E says they believe this outage was caused by the weather.
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