CHANDLER, Okla. (KFOR) – UPDATE: OG&E had the next response to their investigation into the alleged energy surge:
“We are able to affirm the shopper’s declare was denied as a result of it was decided that neither OG&E staff or contractors precipitated the harm. Once they responded to an outage on the buyer’s residence, our crews discovered {that a} third occasion working within the space had broken OG&E tools.”
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ORIGINAL:
Dana Simpson returned to her Chandler residence after a day of labor on Could ninth to search out half her kitchen had burned and her stovetop had exploded.
“It was an influence surge,” stated Simpson.
She says OG&E shuts off energy to her neighborhood close to Forest Drive weekly, if not each day. A number of different neighbors agreed, saying that it occurs very often.
“They shut it off after which now we have to attend for it to show again on, it’s a headache,” stated Simpson.
She stated what occurred to her was going to occur ultimately to somebody of their neighborhood, “it’s solely a matter of time.”
The harm took out her stovetop oven, and the microwave and burned many elements of the counter across the kitchen.
“You don’t understand how a lot you employ a stovetop and a microwave till you’ve misplaced them,” stated Simpson. “After I opened the door that day my home was filled with smoke and it smelled like one thing electrical had burned. I went into the kitchen to search out the stovetop had blown up, there have been issues shot throughout the kitchen. It was disastrous.”
What’s extra, after she filed a declare towards OG&E making an attempt to get a few of her a refund she was denied.
“It’s insane, I didn’t do that,” stated Simpson.

She waited weeks earlier than she obtained any kind of response again. She ultimately obtained a letter from OG&E that stated their investigation discovered the fault of the facility surge was from a third-party contractor.
“They wouldn’t inform me who or what they knew about it or something,” stated Simpson.
For now, Simpson is left with out a lot of her kitchen home equipment and the worry that it may all occur once more.
“Yesterday OG&E shot us a textual content message saying that they have been shutting down the facility,” stated Simpson. “My daughter and I have been residence final evening and I used to be scared to come back into the home till the electrical energy got here again on.”

KFOR has reached out to OG&E to search out out who the third-party contractor is or the main points of their investigation. We now have but to obtain any solutions.
“I want my stuff changed. We stay paycheck-to-paycheck,” stated Simpson. “I imply, I’ve already been 15 days with none of it.”
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