According to a post Tweeted by Sawnee EMC, a snake is suspected in a power outage early Tuesday morning in western Forsyth Co.
At 4:18 a.m., Sawnee EMC experienced a power outage at their Matt and Friendship substations and it affected over 9,000 customers. The service was quickly restored to the Friendship substation at 6:15 a.m. and service was later restored to all remaining customers just three minutes later.
The power company sent crews to investigate. As soon as they got the substation, they noticed there had been a small explosion. And they found the suspected culprit dead at the scene: a snake.
Apparently the snake encountered an energized portion of the equipment inside the Matt substation, which is located at the intersection of Highway 369 W. and John Burruss Road.
"We had severe thunderstorms roll through the area on Monday night so crews were still working Tuesday morning at 4 a.m. when the snake incident happened. So we were able to get the power restored pretty fast."
Sawnee EMC apologized to their customers in the Tweet and commended their staff for fixing the issue in a timely manner.
— Sawnee EMC (@SawneeEMC) July 18, 2017
