Bird knocks out power to thousands in GR & EGR

4:01 PM, Aug 3, 2012   |    comments
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GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM) - Consumers Energy says a bird caused problems at a substation leaving 6,600 customers without power in southeast Grand Rapids and East Grand Rapids.

Electrical service went out at 1:05 p.m. Crews were able to restore power to 3,000 customers around 2:45 p.m. The remaining 3,600 customers in East Grand Rapids should have service restored around 4 p.m.