Cleco says their customers in Opelousas experienced a power outage in Wednesday evening.
Officials say the outage happened October 6, 2021, from 5:45 p.m. until 6:20 p.m.
The outage was due to animal interference at a substation which caused multiple circuits to lose power. Cleco says the animal was a squirrel.
Approximately 2,682 customers lost power during the outage. Power was restored to all customers at 6:20 p.m.
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