Officials in North Carolina said on Dec. 3 that a power outage affecting tens of thousands of people was due to damage from gunfire and is being investigated as a “criminal occurrence.”
Nearly 40,000 customers were without power in Moore County as of Dec. 4, according to an outage map provided by utility Duke Energy. Moore County is located north of the city of Fayetteville.
Power crews reported “multiple equipment failures” affecting Moore County power stations, Duke Energy spokesman Jeff Brooks told WRAL-TV.
Authorities also told residents to stay off the roads, noting that some traffic lights aren’t working.
In a statement on Dec. 4 about the outages, Gov. Roy Cooper said that an investigation is underway….