Now, we may know one of the reasons why.
Thieves may have taken copper wire that was meant for electric repair crews according to police.
Karen Drena described what could be called a copper caper.
Last week a tree fell on
Now, we may know one of the reasons why.
Thieves may have taken copper wire that was meant for electric repair crews according to police.
Karen Drena described what could be called a copper caper.
Last week a tree fell on Burrows Road, littering the street with downed wires.
Electricity was knocked out for days.
It was finally restored on Wednesday.
But residents were shocked to hear utility crews tell them the restoration might have happened sooner if not for the fact that the wires had been stolen.
Nearly half of all Connecticut residents lost power during Irene.
The town of Fairfield, which is serviced by United Illuminating, was hit hard.
On
Now, we may know one of the reasons why.
Thieves may have taken copper wire that was meant for electric repair crews according to police.
Karen Drena described what could be called a copper caper.
Last week a tree fell on Burrows Road, littering the street with downed wires.
Electricity was knocked out for days.
It was finally restored on Wednesday.
But residents were shocked to hear utility crews tell them the restoration might have happened sooner if not for the fact that the wires had been stolen.
Nearly half of all Connecticut residents lost power during Irene.
The town of Fairfield, which is serviced by United Illuminating, was hit hard.
On
Now, we may know one of the reasons why.
Thieves may have taken copper wire that was meant for electric repair crews according to police.
Karen Drena described what could be called a copper caper.
Last week a tree fell on Burroughs Road, littering the street with downed wires.
Electricity was knocked out for days.
It was finally restored on Wednesday.
But residents were shocked to hear utility crews tell them the restoration might have happened sooner if not for the fact that the wires had been stolen.
Nearly half of all Connecticut residents lost power during Irene.
The town of Fairfield, which is serviced by United Illuminating, was hit hard.
On Burroughs Road, the downed lines had been gathered up and wound on reels to be used again.
Police say two of those reels, over a thousand feet total, disappeared.
The cooper inside the wires is what makes them valuable.
The amount missing is worth roughly $3,000.
Residents say the timing of the theft makes it all that much worse.
Road, the downed lines had been gathered up and wound on reels to be used again.
Police say two of those reels, over a thousand feet total, disappeared.
The cooper inside the wires is what makes them valuable.
The amount missing is worth roughly $3,000.
Residents say the timing of the theft makes it all that much worse.
Road, the downed lines had been gathered up and wound on reels to be used again.
Police say two of those reels, over a thousand feet total, disappeared.
The cooper inside the wires is what makes them valuable.
The amount missing is worth roughly $3,000.
Residents say the timing of the theft makes it all that much worse.
, littering the street with downed wires.
Electricity was knocked out for days.
It was finally restored on Wednesday.
But residents were shocked to hear utility crews tell them the restoration might have happened sooner if not for the fact that the wires had been stolen.
Nearly half of all Connecticut residents lost power during Irene.
The town of Fairfield, which is serviced by United Illuminating, was hit hard.
On Burrows Road, the downed lines had been gathered up and wound on reels to be used again.
Police say two of those reels, over a thousand feet total, disappeared.
The cooper inside the wires is what makes them valuable.
The amount missing is worth roughly $3,000.
Residents say the timing of the theft makes it all that much worse.
