Animal interference is one of the top three causes of power outages for Memphis, Light, Gas and Water customers.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The power went nuts in Virginia Beach Wednesday morning after a squirrel caused an outage for over 10,000 customers across the city, including two schools. Bonita Billingsley ...

In a sizzling display of sabotage, a daredevil or just plain dim-witted squirrel brought down a Vienna power transformer Thursday morning, and with it the electricity of 2,700 residents and a handful ...

A little critter caused hundreds of power outages in eastern Iowa on New Year's Day. According to Alliant Energy's outage map ...

RUTLAND (AP) -- A squirrel found its way into a power station, landing on a transformer and triggering a power outage that left about 3,200 homes and businesses in the dark, authorities said. "The ...

MANSFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The Village of Mansfield is under a boil order following an electrical mishap on Tuesday. Deena Carico, a village trustee, explained that a squirrel was able to get inside a ...

A squirrel tangled with electrical wires and not only lost the battle but started a grass fire Wednesday. Grand Island Fire Capt. Troy Miller said the fire started after a squirrel jumped between ...

Sept. 9 (UPI) --Utility officials in Virginia said 10,000 customers, including at least two schools, were without power for over an hour when a squirrel came into contact with substation equipment.