The lights go down for squirrel’s grand finale
A squirrel has been blamed for an explosion in an electricity substation, which blacked out a swathe of homes and caused damage valued at £250,000.
The animal’s final act was to leap into the London Road station in Coventry and create a major short circuit earlier this week.
Danny Moynihan, from Radford Road Fire Station, said: "It woke up 100 students and many residents reported seeing smoke."
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