A section of South Carolina’s capital city was without power Monday after a squirrel scurrying across equipment caused damage that led to a blackout. Dominion Energy says the critter caused the outages in downtown Columbia. Spokesman Matt Long said the squirrel came into contact with the protective device surrounding a transformer and was killed during the encounter. Another power outage was reported Monday after a dump truck hit some wires in the city. By 11:45 a.m., nearly 1,800 customers had reported being without power but crews were working to make repairs in the remaining affected areas.
