A single snake was behind a major power outage in Japan's Fukushima prefecture.The company said the reptile could have slithered over a live wire and caused the short circuit.A single snake was behind a massive power outage that cut electricity to nearly 10,000 homes in Japan's Fukushima province. , around 9,800 households were affected by a power outage on June 29. The electrical outage caused blackouts in a swathe of Koriyama City in the northern prefecture of Fukushima.
The incident, which occurred at about 2.10 p.m. local time, has been traced to an errant reptile roaming a substation in Koriyama City, per the outlet. The Tohoku Electric Power company, or TEPCO, found the burned remains of a snake at one of its substations, Japan Today reported. However, smoke from the burnt snake caused multiple fire engines to be dispatched to the scene. that the outage was likely due to the snake slithering over a live wire. As a result of an unexpected energy surge — from the electricity coursing through the snake's body and into other live wires — the system automatically shut down, causing the blackout.
Footage from the All-Nippon News Network in Japan showed workers milling around the Koriyama City substation. The network also reported that the snake's corpse was burned to a crisp and that workers managed to restore power in an hour. It is unclear what kind of snake was involved in the incident. TEPCO did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider.
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BISouthAfrica They going to blame snakes here too now?
BISouthAfrica We have power outage snakes here too
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BISouthAfrica I can imagine if this happened in SA. Would my pple believe such?
BISouthAfrica And multiple GautengANC and government snakes are responsible for our massive power outages in South Africa.
BISouthAfrica Can we please not give Eskom ideas for excuses? Thanks.
BISouthAfrica We have our fair share of those snakes 🐍 here in South Africa. We have 1000's of homes plunged into darkness every few hours, everyday.
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BISouthAfrica We also have snakes behind a massive power outage here in SA.