Squirrel to blame for ‘a large boom’ before power goes out in Mississauga
Published June 22, 2022 at 10:58 am
The power has gone out in a Mississauga neighbourhood after residents heard “a large boom”.
The outage, reported just after 9 a.m. is in the area of Stillmeadow Rd. and Dundas St. W. The power went out for about 14 homes.
A map shows the area of the power outage.
“…power is out South Mississauga Stillmeadow Road area. Heard a large boom,” one resident wrote on Twitter.
A spokesperson with Alectra said the cause of the boom was a squirrel interfering with hydro equipment, which is not unusual. The squirrel didn’t survive, she added. The power was restored around 10:30 a.m.
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