Raven knocks out power to 9,000 Yukon customers

A raven was to blame for a power outage that affected 9,000 customers in southern Yukon Monday morning, says ATCO Electric Yukon.

The power went out in parts of Whitehorse and the Southern Lakes area, at around 9 a.m. PT.

"We had a raven short circuit one of our main substation transformers," says JayMassie with ATCO Electric Yukon.

"It got in there and caused an electrical arc, which caused a really large fault on our system."

Massie says power was restored to 7,500 customers in 50 minutesand power was completely restoredby 11 a.m.