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Bird sparks Bunbury outage

Bunbury Herald
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More than 1000 homes and businesses were without power yesterday morning after a bird flew into a Western Power transformer.

The power outage was reported about 8am, taking out traffic lights across the CBD and leaving 1200 businesses and homes without electricity.

A Western Power spokeswoman said that power was restored by 9.30am.

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