Squirrel causes about 18,000 Unitil customers on the Seacoast to lose power

A squirrel caused about 18,000 Unitil customers on New Hampshire’s Seacoast to lose power on Saturday night. >> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play <<The outage was for about 90 minutes, from 10:40 p.m. to 12:10 a.m., according to the utility company.A squirrel at a substation caused the large outage. According to Unitil, the preliminary report was the squirrel caused a breaker to open and crews were able to close. >> Subscribe to WMUR’s YouTube channel <<Unitil said that there were also some outages throughout the evening as a result of the storms that passed through. As of Sunday around noon, there were about 1,900 Unitil customers in Hampton without power, according to the company’s outage map. View the latest outage maps anytime via the following links:EversourceNew Hampshire Electric Co-opUnitil (select New Hampshire from the drop-down menu)Liberty UtilitiesCustomers without electricity are reminded to report outages to their utility provider at least once daily until power is restored:Eversource: 1-800-662-7764NH Electric Co-op: 1-800-343-6432Unitil: 1-888-301-7700Liberty Utilities: 1-855-349-9455