Animal Faulted For Early Morning Power Outage

QUINCY, MA – More than 9,000 were without power in Quincy Tuesday morning, according to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.

At about 6 a.m., animal caused a fault to an underground cable, National Grid spokesman Robert Kievra told the Patriot Ledger.

The fault caused a lot of power to Quincy Square, Quincy Point and Houghs Neck. Several traffic lights did not work during the morning commute.

After an hour, 5,500 residents had power. Only a hand full remained without power as of 2:30 p.m.