PG&E says Marin County outage caused by large bird

A power outage affecting more than 6,000 PG&E customers in Marin County on Wednesday morning was caused by a bird that flew into electrical equipment, according to the utility.

The outage was reported at 6:35 a.m., impacting an estimated 6,249 customers in areas of San Rafael, San Anselmo, Ross, Fairfax and Kentfield.

Crews responded and restored power to everyone in about three hours and determined a large bird had flown into electrical equipment, PG&E officials said.

No other details about the outage were immediately released by the utility.

Last modified October 6, 2021 12:17 pm

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