LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A suspected copper wire theft at an NV Vitality substation is believed to be the reason for an influence outage within the Las Vegas valley.
The outage started round 3:15 p.m. Monday and affected 12 clients, in accordance with NV Vitality.
NV Vitality’s preliminary investigation confirmed that the outage was attributable to a suspected copper wire theft on the substation within the space. The investigation into the reason for the outage continues to be ongoing.
Based on NV Vitality, as of 6:15 p.m., all however one of many clients affected by the outage had their energy restored.
Harry Reid Worldwide Airport additionally reported an outage that affected the C gates in Terminal 1 round 6:45 p.m. It’s unclear presently if the 2 outages are associated.
