Bird causes thousands to lose power in northeast Columbus

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Thousands of AEP Ohio customers were left without power Sunday morning for two hours in northeast Columbus after a bird came into contact with a piece of equipment.

According to AEP Ohio’s outage map, nearly 3,000 customers were affected by the outage from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. A high concentration of those without power were near the Northgate area.

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To track outages, use the map below.

A spokesperson with AEP Ohio said after the bird caused the outage, crews switched two of the four affected circuits to different power sources to restore some customers’ power…

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