Emergency work knocks out power for 60,000 people in Montreal

If your power got zapped this afternoon, you weren’t alone.

Hydro-Québec confirmed that “about 60,000” people are without power on the island of Montreal.

The province’s utility company says that “emergency work” was necessary in the borough of Hampstead.

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As a result, Hampstead, Côte Saint-Luc, and NDG have been blacked out.

Des travaux d’urgence au poste Hampstead causent présentement une #panne d’électricité à @MTL_Ville touchant environ 60 000 clients, dans les secteurs de @hampsteadqc, @CoteSaintLuc, @CDN_NDG et Montréal-Ouest. Le service devrait être rétabli d’ici environ une heure.

— Hydro-Québec (@client_hydro) June 26, 2019

Hydro-Québec says power “should be restored” in about an hour. The statement was originally issued at 2:19 pm.