In a sizzling display of sabotage, a daredevil or just plain dim-witted squirrel brought down a Vienna power transformer Thursday morning, and with it the electricity of 2,700 residents and a handful of traffic lights. Around 7:00 a.m., the tiny adventurer made it through fences, over barriers and past barbwire, oblivious to the bold-faced signs warning that electricity discriminates against no person — or critter. He leapt onto the Dominion Power transformer — a giant green box — and reached for his thankless prize, a mess of wires packed with high-voltage electricity.
“Electricity looks for the fastest way to the ground. That squirrel became the fastest way to the ground,” said Le-Ha Anderson, a Dominion spokeswoman. Similar incidents happen about a half-dozen times a year, she said.
