Boone Electric reports raccoon causes overnight outages

BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ)

A series of Boone Electric Cooperative power outages overnight and into Wednesday morning cut electricity to more than 2,300 customers.

The outages primarily affected southern Boone County, including Ashland, Hartsburg and the Columbia Regional Airport, Boone Electric spokeswoman Meredith Hoenes said. The utility had 16 separate outages to fix, she said.

A raccoon caused the outages, Hoenes said. Wildlife cause about 33% of outages, she said.