BOONE COUNTY - A tree and a squirrel caused two power outages Wednesday morning.
More than 1,200 Boone Electric Cooperative customers lost power Wednesday morning when a large tree fell on a power line near Old Plank Road in Columbia.
Customers called to report the outage, and electricians fixed the problem by 8:36 a.m., according to a Boone Electric Cooperative press release.
The second outage occurred at approximately 10:16 a.m., when a squirrel came into contact with a steel structure inside the power substation on Switzer Road northeast of Columbia.
Boone Electric Cooperative shut down the entire substation in order to restore power to the 2,013 affected members. The company restored power by 11:05 a.m.
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