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North Vancouver power outage affecting 9K customers caused by squirrel

The critter managed to enter a substation, which took out a few circuits, BC Hydro said

Nuts! A power outage that affected thousands of North Vancouverites was caused by a pesky squirrel.

On Saturday, power went out at 10:48 a.m. for 9,030 customers in the Lynnmour, Lynn Creek, West Lynn and Grand Boulevard East areas. Power was restored by 12:15 p.m., BC Hydro said.

But a downed tree wasn't at the root of Saturday's loss of power.

"A squirrel managed to enter the substation, which took out a few circuits, causing the power outage," a BC Hydro spokesperson said. "Once our crew helped the squirrel exit the facility, we were able to restore power to the customers."

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