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LUS Says Snake Responsible For Lafayette Power Outages
LUS Director Terry Huval has informed KPEL 96.5 that a snake was responsible for the estimated 2,000 Lafayette residents who were left without power for nearly an hour Tuesday night.
Huval says LUS crews initially thought equipment failure was to blame, but upon further inspection, it was discovered a snake had slithered inside one of their transformers.
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