Tens of thousands of people in North Carolina were left without electricity after multiple power stations were vandalized, some by gunfire, authorities said. FOX13
were damaged by gunfire in what is being investigated as a criminal act, causing damage that could take days to repair and leaving tens of thousands of people without electricity, authorities said Sunday.
"No group has stepped up to acknowledge or accept that they're the ones that done it," Fields said, adding "we're looking at all avenues." Duke Energy spokesman Jeff Brooks said multiple pieces of equipment were damaged and will have to be replaced. He said while the company is trying to restore power as quickly as possible, he braced customers for the potential of outages lasting days.
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