Power restored after animal causes outage at area theme park

MASON — UPDATE:

Power has been restored after an outage affected Kings Island on Monday.

Parts of the park lost power due to an animal interfering with a power supply line, WLWT reported.

The park said the line has been repaired and it is working to reopen attractions, FOX19 reported.

Any ticket purchased for Monday will be valid any day for the rest of the season, Kings Island said.

INITIAL REPORT:

A power outage is affecting “much of” an area park on Monday.

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Kings Island posted on social media that the park experienced an outage and select rides are currently closed.

The rides will reopen once power is restored.

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Any ticket purchased for Monday will be valid any day for the rest of the season, Kings Island said.

Kings Island did not say what may have caused the power outage.

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