Snake in substation in north Lawrence causes power failure
A snake that slithered its way into a Westar Energy power substation in north Lawrence at North 9th and Maple streets at 4:41 a.m. Wednesday knocked out power to 789 Westar customers, according to company spokeswoman Karla Olsen.
The failure was mainly centered in north Lawrence.
Power was restored to all customers by 6:35 a.m., Olsen said.
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