About 1,100 times a year, service is interrupted somewhere in PPL's Lancaster region due to squirrels electrocuting themselves on company power lines. That makes zapped squirrels the leading cause of ...

HAZLE TWP. – Firefighters and electricians who rushed to the Laurel Mall on Tuesday morning discovered what caused smoke and flickering lights that closed Boscov’s Department Store: A dead squirrel.

SIGNAL HILL, Calif. (KABC) -- A squirrel that was jumping from one line to another created an arc and zapped out a transformer on Friday, causing a power outage in Signal Hill, police said. The power ...

A squirrel that was zapped in electrical equipment caused an outage Thursday morning in Vancouver. The Columbian reports it was a minor outage for most Clark County Public Utility District customers, ...

SAGINAW TWP. — Consumers Energy officials say a squirrel was to blame for an afternoon outage that left 1,340 homes here in the dark beginning at 10:28 a.m., an official says. Consumers Energy ...

You’ve pulled, tugged, perfectly placed and plugged in. You've been working outside in the cold for hours, but your outdoor holiday decorations look wonderful. The lights are twinkling. The ...