3:33 PM: A seagull caused a power outage that affected about 500 PG&E customers in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood this morning.
PG&E spokesman Joe Molica said the seagull sparked the outage shortly after 8 a.m. at 24th and Illinois streets.
“A bird made contact with two of our power lines at the same time,” he said.
One wire fell to the street, and crews responded to make repairs.
Power was restored to most customers shortly after 10 a.m., and the rest had their electricity back by 11:30 a.m., he said.
Molica said the seagull survived and is being tended to by San Francisco Animal Care and Control.
1:22 PM: A bird caused a power outage that affected about 500 PG&E customers in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood this morning.
PG&E spokesman Joe Molica said the bird sparked the outage shortly after 8 a.m. at 24th and Illinois streets.
“What happened was, a bird made contact with two of our power lines at the same time,” he said.
One wire fell to the street, and crews responded to make repairs.
Power was restored to most customers shortly after 10 a.m., and the rest had their electricity back by 11:30 a.m., he said.
There was no word on the bird’s fate, but Molica said birds don’t typically survive incidents like this morning’s, which he said are rare.
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