<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=48mETm_0wCarJs900" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=48mETm_0wCarJs900" width="1000" height="670" ></figure>The cause of the latest power outage in Monmouth County, New Jersey, can be attributed to the same that caused the lights to go out in August: a squirrel storming some power equipment.Thursday’s power outage, which affected about 13,000 customers, was the result of squirrel shenanigans that led to blown insulator and a damaged disc, First Energy Corp. told News 12.Power was restored in less than four hours, the power company told a news reporter, adding that it was the squirrel’s carcass that gave him away. In August, a similar incident led to 11,000 area residents losing power.What can be done? Not much, a First Energy executive said.“It happens all across the country. Squirrels especially are very nimble so they can evade animal guards that are put up there to protect equipment, they can chew through insulation, they can fit through the tiniest of openings to be able to get into equipment,” Chris Hoenig, senior communications representative for First Energy Corp., told the station.</div></body>

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Curious squirrel culprit in latest power outage, again

The cause of the latest power outage in Monmouth County, New Jersey, can be attributed to the same that caused the lights to go out in August: a squirrel storming some power equipment. Thursday’s power outage, which affected about 13,000 customers, was the result of squirrel shenanigans that led to...