GRAND BLANC, Mich. (WNEM) – Almost 4,000 Consumers Energy customers were without power in Grand Blanc Thursday afternoon.
Consumers said power went out at 3:01 p.m. and was restored at 4:30 p.m. A squirrel entered the Porter Road substation and made contact with the electrical equipment, causing the outage.
The squirrel did not survive, said Consumers.
Consumers said it tries to keep the area closed off from animals with fencing to prevent outages and to keep the animals safe.
PREVIOUS COVERAGE: The outage map shows that 3,977 customers are without power in a portion of Grand Blanc. It was reported Oct. 16 at 3:01 p.m. It covers a large area around I-75.
The outage starts north from between West Reid Road and East Hill Road, and stretches south between Halsey Road and Belford Road.
It starts west from Fenton Road and goes east to between South Saginaw Road and Vassar Road.
The outage map said an equipment issue has been detected. A restoration estimate is 11:30 p.m., but Consumers said crews are on their way right now to assess the situation and will be working to get it fixed much sooner.
Consumers said the company will try to transfer electricity from other sources if possible.
Check out Consumers Energy’s outage map for a closer look at who is effected.
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