ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Friday, September 20, 1996             TAG: 9609200073
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: B-2  EDITION: METRO 

POWER KNOCKED OUT

A wayward opossum knocked out power to several thousand American Electric Power customers in the Williamson Road area for a short time Thursday night.

The opossum wandered into a substation on Williamson and disabled some of the equipment. The lights went out about 10:20 p.m., and power was restored about 40 minutes later. An AEP spokeswoman said 4,432 customers were affected.

- Staff report

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