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Rat causes power outage for thousands in Bluffdale

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“At a citywide scale, very uncommon,” Frazer said. The most prominent species of rat in Utah is the Norway rat, Frazer said. Frazer said steps can be taken to keep animals out, but rats and other pests still get in.

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