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Power restored in Cary; squirrel to blame for outage

More than 11,300 Progress Energy customers were without power in Cary on Friday morning after a squirrel got into a substation.

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CARY, N.C. — More than 11,300 Progress Energy customers were without power in Cary on Friday morning after a squirrel got into a substation, officials said.

Power was restored by 10:15 a.m., according to the company's Facebook page.

Half a dozen or more traffic signals throughout central Cary were not working during the power outage.

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