Residents of a central North Carolina county faced a second night of freezing weather without power on Sunday after vandals opened fire on two electric substations in what authorities called a 'targeted attack.'
Dec 4 - Residents of a central North Carolina county faced a second night of freezing weather without power on Sunday after vandals opened fire on two electric substations in what authorities called a "targeted attack."
The incidents were being investigated by local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, Fields said. U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on Twitter that she had been in contact with Duke Energy Corp "FBI Charlotte is investigating the willful damage to power facilities in Moore County," the federal law enforcement agency said, referring to its offices in Charlotte, North Carolina. "We are in regular contact with local law enforcement and private sector partners."
The lights went dark at about 7 p.m. Saturday for 40,000 homes and businesses in Moore County. It was "a targeted attack. It wasn't random," Fields said. Utility workers found gates broken and evidence of gunfire damage to equipment.
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