A massive power outage is being reported in Moore County, N.C.
Sheriff: 'Intentional vandalism' at substations the cause of power outage affecting over 40K residents of Moore County
Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields said just before midnight that the outage was being investigated as a "criminal occurrence."
Posted 9:58 p.m. Yesterday — Updated 12:58 a.m. TodayBy Cory Dinkel, WRAL multiplatform producer
A massive power outage is being reported in Moore County. Duke Energy outage map Saturday evening showed 37,998 customers without power in Moore County; The Randolph Electric Membership Corporation also reported nearly 3,000 customers without power in the southern part of the county.WRAL viewers began calling in to report outages around 8:00 p.m.
Jeff Brooks with Duke Energy told WRAL News that crews are experiencing "multiple equipment failures" that are affecting substations in Moore County.
"We are also investigating signs of potential vandalism related to the outages," said Brooks.
Sheriff: at substations the cause of power outage affecting over 40K residents of Moore County
https://www.wral.com/sheriff-intent...-over-40k-residents-of-moore-county/20612201/
Sheriff: 'Intentional vandalism' at substations the cause of power outage affecting over 40K residents of Moore County
Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields said just before midnight that the outage was being investigated as a "criminal occurrence."
Posted 9:58 p.m. Yesterday — Updated 12:58 a.m. TodayBy Cory Dinkel, WRAL multiplatform producer
A massive power outage is being reported in Moore County. Duke Energy outage map Saturday evening showed 37,998 customers without power in Moore County; The Randolph Electric Membership Corporation also reported nearly 3,000 customers without power in the southern part of the county.WRAL viewers began calling in to report outages around 8:00 p.m.
Jeff Brooks with Duke Energy told WRAL News that crews are experiencing "multiple equipment failures" that are affecting substations in Moore County.
"We are also investigating signs of potential vandalism related to the outages," said Brooks.
Sheriff: at substations the cause of power outage affecting over 40K residents of Moore County
https://www.wral.com/sheriff-intent...-over-40k-residents-of-moore-county/20612201/
