Emera Maine says wildlife contact was the cause of the outage.

Emera Maine crews are making repairs after a bird caused damage at a substation in Presque Isle. Crews are working to safely restore service as quickly as possible to more than 1,600 affected customers in Caribou, Fort Fairfield, Presque Isle and Washburn. For updated information about estimated restoration times, please visit our Live Outage & Restoration Map.

Areas affected:

Towns:

• Caribou 124
• Fort Fairfield 226
• Presque Isle 1256
• Washburn 1

Counties:

• Aroostook: 1607
• Hancock: 0
• Northern Penobscot -
• Piscataquis County: 0
• Penobscot: 0
• Washington: 0
• Estimated Total: 1607

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