Coordinated gunfire late on Dec. 3 into two Duke Energy substations in North Carolina has left tens of thousands without power after damaging equipment that officials say will take days and cost millions to fix. As state and federal probes seek out who caused equipment and infrastructure damage, utility crews are working around the clock to restore service, but that could take until Dec. 8.
About 45,000 Duke Energy customers were initially left without power in Moore County in southeast North Carolina, northwest of Fayetteville.