A squirrel zapped itself and shut down power for 3,000 in Kent

- Wendy DiAlesandro

A massive Sunday morning power outage in Kent was caused by a squirrel.

One of Kent’s ubiquitous rodents (unsure what color) got into an electrical transformer near the intersection of West Main Street and Longmere Drive just after 8 a.m. Sunday, said an Ohio Edison spokesperson. 

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