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Fish, Bird Blamed For Seattle Power Outage
If the bird was trying to cook his meal, he succeeded.
SEATTLE, WA - Local utility officials are saying that a fish and a bird may have been behind a power outage along the Duwamish River on Wednesday.
The outage knocked out power to 172 customers for about two hours, and utility workers found a dead fish near the scene. The suppose that a bird - likely an osprey or eagle - accidentally dropped the fish on power lines, which caused the outage.
The fish did not survive the incident, Seattle City Light reported.
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Something fishy about south Seattle outage: Bird dropped fish on power lines causing 2 hr outage for 172 customers. Power back now.
— Seattle City Light (@SEACityLight) December 14, 2016
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