The FBI and NC SBI have joined the investigation into attacks on a North Carolina utility substations.
Moore Co Power grids attack | Power outage impacts thousands from targeted gunfire attacks at power substations cause schools, businesses to shut downAuthorities have announced a mandatory curfew in a North Carolina county where around 40,000 customers lost power after two power substations were damaged by gunfire Saturday night.
The power outage is being investigated as a "criminal occurrence" after crews found signs of potential vandalism at several locations,Fields said multiple rounds were fired at the two substations. "It was targeted, it wasn't random," he said. "We don't have anything," Fields said, when asked about a possible motive. "No motivation, no group has stepped up to acknowledge or accept they're the ones whoA gate at one of the locations also appears to have been taken off its hinges, Mike Cameron of the Southern Pines Fire and Rescue Department told CNN on Sunday afternoon.
Restoration to the two substations could take until Thursday for some customers, Jeff Brooks, principal communications manager for Duke Energy, said at Sunday's news conference. "Equipment will have to be replaced," Brooks said. "We are looking at a pretty sophisticated repair with large equipment. This will be a multiday restoration for most customers, extending possibly to Thursday."
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