3 Washington state electric substations vandalized

Vandalism at three power substations in western Washington state early Sunday initially cut power to about 14,000 utility customers, the Pierce County Sheriff's Office said. Tacoma Public Utilities reported vandalism at about 5:30 a.m. PST Sunday at one substation, followed by vandalism at a second substation, the sheriff's office said.

The outages affected about 7,300 customers in an area southeast of Tacoma. In all three cases, the sheriff's office says someone forced their way into the fenced area surrounding the substations and damaged equipment to cause a power outage. Officials have not said how the substations were damaged. No suspects are in custody and officials don't know if it was a coordinated attack.