Vandalism at two substations caused a six-hour power outage in the Parrsboro area on Saturday morning.

Copper wire was stolen from the substations at around 6 a.m.&nbsp;triggering the outage, said Kathryn O'Neill,&nbsp;a spokesperson for Nova Scotia Power.

"We cannot stress enough how dangerous this kind of activity is," O'Neill said in an email.

&nbsp;"We will be working with authorities to fully investigate the issue."

The two hour outage affected a number of communities in the Parrsboro area.

Parrsboro area outage

Crews from the utility managed to restore power shortly before noon.

The outage affected a number of communities stretching from Advocate Harbour in the south to Leamington in the north.

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Nova Scotia Power said vandals struck two substations in the Parrsboro area, causing a power outage.

Theft of copper wire causes power outage in Parrsboro

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