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Lockhart River blacked out for 15 hours after spear, Christmas lights and hula hoop thrown at powerlines – ABC News
The Cape York community of Lockhart River endured most of yesterday without power after a spear, Christmas lights and various other objects were thrown into powerlines….
The community of Lockhart River, 800 kilometres north of Cairns, was left without power for most of yesterday after vandals brought down the local network.
Key points:
- Remote Cape York town Lockhart River was left without power for 15 hours yesterday
- The outage was caused by items thrown into powerlines
- Ergon Energy has warned people that vandalise power infrastructure are risking their lives
Ergon Energy said the outage happened at about 3:00am on Tuesday and was caused by objects being thrown into…
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