Two power substations in a North Carolina county were struck by gunfire in what is being investigated as a criminal act, leaving tens of thousands of people without electricity
CARTHAGE, N.C. — — Two power substations in a North Carolina countyin 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.
Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields said at a Sunday news conference that authorities have not determined a motivation. He said someone pulled up and “opened fire on the substation, the same thing with the other one.” The sheriff said that it appeared gates were breached at both sites. The Pilot newspaper in Southern Pines reported that a wooden post holding up a gate had been snapped at one of the substations and that it was lying in an access road Sunday morning.
With cold temperatures Sunday night, the county also opened a shelter at a sports complex in Carthage. The county of approximately 100,000 people lies about an hour's drive southwest of Raleigh and is known for golf resorts in Pinehurst and other communities.
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