Bird sparks power outage in Altenburg area

PERRYVILLE – Citizens Electric Corporation crews were called on Monday morning to re-fuse a transformer to restore power in the Altenburg area.

 

An official with CEC said a bird came in contact with a substation transformer in Altenburg causing the outage that affected several hundred members in the east end of Perry County.

 

It was anticipated the outage would last up to two hours, barring any issues.

 

Power has been restored.