Burning bird nest on power line disrupts power at German theme park

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2026-05-26

Karlsruhe (dpa) - A stork's nest that caught fire on a high-voltage power line triggered a power outage, causing a brief disruption at Germany's largest theme park on Tuesday. As a result of the outage, some of Europa-Park's attractions became temporarily inaccessible to visitors, and several rides came to a halt. According to a park spokesperson, the power cut lasted only a few minutes around midday. In addition to the attractions, the online......

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