Intrusive snake cuts off Borongan power

It was a painful end for the culprit of the eight-hour power outage in Borongan City, Samar.

TACLOBAN CITY—A snake that went up the transmission line and crossed the parallel cables of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines in Borongan City caused an eight-hour power outage in Eastern Samar on Friday.

NGCP regional corporate communications officer Milfrance Capulong said the power tripped at 1:11 a.m. and was restored 8:56 a.m.

An NGCP advisory said the snake intrusion happened at structure 831 along the Paranas-Taft-Borongan-Quinapondan 69kV line, the main line, thereby affecting the whole service area of the Eastern Samar Electric Cooperative.

Foot patrols sent to trace the cause of the power outage had to cross a swollen river caused by heavy rains in recent days.