Duke Energy in South Carolina is working closely with the FBI after gunfire was reported near a hydro station in Ridgeway, South Carolina. A Duke Energy spokesman said the gunfire was reported Wednesday night near the Wateree Hydro Station in Ridgeway.Ryan Mosier said no one was injured, no outages were reported, and there was no damage. “We are working closely with the FBI on this issue,” Mosier said in a statement to WYFF News 4. Kershaw County Sheriff Lee Boan told WTLX-TV that a deputy went to the hydro station, where people reported that someone fired from the passenger side window of a vehicle that went by. The witnesses said the shooter fired toward the woods nearby, not at them or the power plant or dam, “so we can’t absolutely confirm that there was any threat to the power station,” Boan said.The report comes as the FBI continues to investigate multiple shots fired at two Duke Energy substations in Moore County, North Carolina. The FBI says the substations are located approximately 10 miles apart in West End and Carthage, North Carolina. The damage led to a massive power outage of approximately 45,000 customers. Anyone with information regarding either case should contact local authorities or the FBI. The Associated Press contributed to this story.
Duke Energy in South Carolina is working closely with the FBI after gunfire was reported near a hydro station in Ridgeway, South Carolina.
A Duke Energy spokesman said the gunfire was reported Wednesday night near the Wateree Hydro Station in Ridgeway.
Ryan Mosier said no one was injured, no outages were reported, and there was no damage.
“We are working closely with the FBI on this issue,” Mosier said in a statement to WYFF News 4.
Kershaw County Sheriff Lee Boan told WTLX-TV that a deputy went to the hydro station, where people reported that someone fired from the passenger side window of a vehicle that went by. The witnesses said the shooter fired toward the woods nearby, not at them or the power plant or dam, “so we can’t absolutely confirm that there was any threat to the power station,” Boan said.
The report comes as the FBI continues to investigate multiple shots fired at two Duke Energy substations in Moore County, North Carolina.
The FBI says the substations are located approximately 10 miles apart in West End and Carthage, North Carolina.
The damage led to a massive power outage of approximately 45,000 customers.
Anyone with information regarding either case should contact local authorities or the FBI.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.