Under the state of emergency, a curfew is in place from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. each night, and residents of the county are encouraged to conserve fuel.
over the weekend damaged two substations. The attack left roughly 45,000 people without power in North Carolina.
"That leaves us with no option but to replace large pieces of equipment — which is not an easy or quick task," said Hollifield said. , Fields said that the damage had been caused by gunfire. Fields said that the scene was the same at both sites, calling the attack"targeted" and done by a person or persons who"knew exactly what they were doing."
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