Power outage at Towers North caused by raccoon

Heard on: Cape County Public Safety

02:33

00:00

Ten four. I just had one student that lives in Towers North call.

00:04

Said they saw flashing blue and green light when this happened.

00:09

Sounds like a transformer blown.

00:10

I want to tell facilities maintenance.

00:16

You said Towers South?

00:23

Negative. She's in Towers North facing Parker Field.

00:27

That's the location it was at.

00:30

Received.

00:34

Yeah, I could see.

00:35

I saw someone.

00:36

There's a guy like that outside.

00:37

I thought it was likely though.

00:43

Just make sure nothing's smoking.

00:49

10-4.

00:54

Looks like

00:56

EMS here. I'll let them know.

01:07

522, I've also spoken with (name withheld), the supervisor.

01:12

He said the information is a lot of help.

01:16

Proceed.

01:17

Go ahead.

01:27

It was a raccoon that caused it.

01:30

They estimated the fire outage around 9 h .

01:40

Ten four. I'll update command staff by text.

01:47

Received.

01:52

Is there a crispy critter on the ground over there?

01:58

I'll send a picture.

02:03

Ten four.

02:06

How'd he even get in?

02:12

They said it's the 2nd time it happened.

02:19

522, I'll go back to towers and advise those are.

02:23

10-4.

02:29

There's no definite estimated time.

02:32

They said the last time was 69 hours.

9/7/2026 12:35 AM

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Tower Cir, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701

Power outage at Towers North caused by raccoon

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