Cat being blamed for CenterPoint Energy power outage in Museum District

By ABC13
HOUSTON

CenterPoint Energy says a cat managed to get inside a substation and somehow blew a breaker. That caused a power outage to about 8,000 people mostly in the Museum Disctrict.

No word on what happened to the cat.

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