More than 1,100 San Diego Gas & Electric customers near Carlsbad High School were left without power Thursday morning after a bird hit a transformer and brought down a power line, officials said.
The outage started at 8:12 a.m. when the bird flew into a transformer at Highland Drive and Chestnut Avenue, just west of the high school, SDG&E spokeswoman Allison Torres said.
“The bird contact not only caused the outage, but it actually brought a wire down,” Torres said. “It caused damage that needs to be repaired.”
As of 9:30 a.m., at least 1,140 customers were without power, but electricity was expected to be quickly restored to all but a handful of customers as crews isolated the problem area in need of repairs, Torres said. Electricity was expected to be restored to most customers, if not all, by 11 a.m.
—City News Service
