Squirrel Responsible For Power Outages In Penobscot, Hancock Counties
Emera Maine says a squirrel is to blame for thousands of outages in Brewer, Holden and Dedham Thursday morning.
The company says the animal got into a substation, knocking out power to 3,800 homes and businesses.
Outages were reported just after 8 a.m.
Customers were without power for about about 45 minutes.