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Goose Antics Leave West Parr Ave in the Dark

A goose coming in contact with a power line left 3,021 Campbell residents temporarily without power.

 

Tail feathers turned out the lights on Campbell residents this morning.

PG&E spokeswoman Monica Tell said, “It looks like the line came in contact with a goose.”

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More than 3,000 Campbell residents lost power around 11:13 a.m., said Tell. The outage occurred at W. Parr Avenue and Vale Avenue.

Power was restored to about 2,600 customers by 12:07 p.m., said Tell. Since then additional customers have their power restored.

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Sixty-one customers are still without power. Tell said that power is expected to return around 7 p.m. for those customers. 


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