A bird was responsible for an outage that left thousands of customers without electricity Sunday morning, a San Diego Gas & Electric spokesperson said.
Crews were able to restore power for over 2,237 customers in Encinitas, Carlsbad, Cardiff-By-The-Sea, La Costa and Olivenhain shortly before 10 a.m., according to SDG&E’s website.
The bird hit a switch around 7:12 a.m., causing the lights to go out for 2,377 customers, said Sabra Lattos of SDG&E.
Power was restored to most circuits shortly later, and the final bloc of 835 customers got their power back at 10:09 a.m., the utility said.
— City News Service