Mass power outage in North Carolina being investigated as ‘criminal occurrence’
Mass power outage in North Carolina being investigated as ‘criminal occurrence’
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — About 38,000 homes and businesses were in the dark Saturday night after vandals caused a power outage in North Carolina’s Moore County, officials said.
The utility Duke Energy’s website listed no cause for the outages, but the local sheriff’s office said vandalism at power substations was to blame.
“As utility companies began responding to the different substations,…