At least 143 KCP&L customers in the Country Club Village area lost power Sunday morning after a squirrel caused a short circuit.

A spokeswoman for the utility says the outage lasted from about 9:45 a.m. until 11:05 a.m.  The area affected was mostly residential, bounded by Blackwell Road to the north, Savannah Road to the west, Miller Road to the east and Cook Road to the south.