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Cat and Mouse Cause Massive Albanian Blackout

Posted May 16, 08 6:42 PM CDT in World 

(Newser) – It’s an unlikely reason for a power outage: A cat and mouse engaged in a chase accidentally ran into high-voltage cables at the main power station in Tirana, frying themselves and causing a 72-hour blackout in some districts of the Albanian capital, Reuters reports. Outages are relatively common in Albania, but they usually result from the Soviet-era infrastructure, not the law of the jungle.

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