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ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a fox that sneaked into an electrical substation in St. George electrocuted itself and knocked out power for about 8,000 customers over the weekend.
St. George Energy Resource Manager James Van Fleet tells The Spectrum that the critter slipped into the Green Valley area substation at about 10 p.m. Sunday and touched some of the live electrical equipment.
That caused a short that cut power in several neighborhoods.
Van Fleet says crews were able to clean up the situation and get power flowing again within about 45 minutes.
It's not the first time a trespassing animal has triggered an outage in the area. Van Fleet says the same thing happened last August and caused an outage in parts of St. George and Santa Clara.
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