STATESVILLE, N.C. — The city of Statesville’s utility says 4,500 customers lost power because of a snake.
Statesville Public Power reported the outage just before 3 p.m.
The utility said a snake came into contact with equipment at a substation.
Crews restored power in about an hour and a half.
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