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In North Carolina, Exploding Bulbs and Fridges on the Fritz Reveal a Town’s Fraying Electric System - Inside Climate News

RED SPRINGS, NORTH CAROLINA, JUN 24 – A $348,000 electric fund transfer and aging infrastructure limited upgrades, causing power surges that damaged appliances in about 40 homes, officials said.

Though town officials call the power surge in Red Springs an “Act of God,” tens of thousands of dollars in lost home appliances and municipal financial documents suggest otherwise.By Lisa SorgRED SPRINGS, N.C.—Early one evening this April, Kim Overstreet had just turned off the stove when she heard a boom. The panel box in the kitchen swung open and fuses shot out of their holders, bouncing off the fridge.

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Inside Climate News broke the news in on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
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