Thousands of BC Hydro customers currently without power in Metro Vancouver
UPDATE: Shortly after 2 pm, BC Hydro said power had been restored to the affected areas in both Burnaby and East Vancouver.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Thousands of BC Hydro customers in Metro Vancouver are currently without power, as crews continue to respond and work to restore the outages.
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Numerous customers in East Vancouver, as well as sections of Burnaby – including the BCIT campus – have been affected.
Crews are on site at an outage affecting 2350 customers in #Vancouver. They’ll share updates on our mobile site: https://t.co/HmMW76yYJJ #YVR pic.twitter.com/tAY5ppIqoB
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) April 8, 2019
Crews are on-site at an outage affecting 2150 customers in #Burnaby. They’ll share updates on our mobile site: https://t.co/JH2EM3w67W pic.twitter.com/AkFNFs2SvB
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) April 8, 2019
Crews are on-siteat an outage affecting 2000 customers in #Vancouver and #Burnaby. They’ll share updates on our mobile site: https://t.co/agTrDTfbLI #YVR pic.twitter.com/D23TYqfVqv
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) April 8, 2019
Crews are on-site at an outage affecting 1260 customers in #Burnaby. They’ll share updates on our mobile site: https://t.co/D5lY39hwcB pic.twitter.com/QjsMjoi5Eh
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) April 8, 2019
Crews are on-site at an outage affecting 1100 customers in #Burnaby. They’ll share updates on our mobile site: https://t.co/G9jEsc7Tii pic.twitter.com/WNVgukpS1o
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) April 8, 2019
Crews are on-site at an outage affecting 650 customers in #Burnaby. They’ll share updates on our mobile site: https://t.co/5dyi9gVJpV pic.twitter.com/asKG66KocA
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) April 8, 2019
According to its website, BC Hydro is estimating that the majority of power will be restored by 1:30 pm. The outage is reportedly being blamed on issues with a substation.
In the meantime, the company is encouraging customers to keep up-to-date via their mobile site.
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