The Pierce County Sheriff's Department now says four electrical substations were targeted on Christmas Day in a series of incidents that knocked out power in Washington state.
Police investigating a series of vandalism incidents at electrical substations inThe incidents in the Tacoma area come just weeks after more than 40,000 peoplewhen two substations in Moore County were hit with gunfire. A sheriff there described the acts as"intentional vandalism."
"At 7:21 pm, on December 25th, 2022, dispatchers received a call of a fire at the Puget Sound Energy substation at 14320 Kapowsin Hwy E. Deputies, Firefighters and Puget Sound Energy employees responded to the scene," the Pierce County Sheriff's Department said in a statement. "The fire was extinguished and the substation secured. Power was knocked out for homes in Kapowsin and Graham," the statement continued."The suspect gained access to the fenced area and vandalized the equipment which caused the fire." One of the power substations in Graham, Washington, that was targeted on Christmas Day, according to police.
The sheriff’s office described the fire as"the 4th incident at a Power Substation in South Pierce County on Christmas Day," which ultimately resulted in around 14,000 people losing power.
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