Curiosity killed the squirrel and left thousands of Richmond, Virginia residents without power for several hours.

A squirrel reportedly caused a short circuit in an electrical substation, leaving a large area of downtown Richmond without electricity on Friday from 9 a.m. until early afternoon. Crews making repairs to the facility have to shut down a second substation.

Some 6,000 customers of Dominion Virginia Power were affected by the outage. Areas affected included a significant stretch downtown, which disabled traffic lights at several major intersections.

People were stuck in elevators in several buildings, including on Virginia Commonwealth University's main academic campus. Businesses and commercial establishments were forced to close.