UPDATE:
Wind storms knocked out power to around 400 BC Hydro customers in total in the Quesnel area this morning.
BC Hydro’s Northern community relations manager Bob Gammer said they have restored power to most areas, but have about 35 customers left to get back online.
“We are hoping to get them back up by this evening,” he said.
Gammer said the outages were due to trees that were forced into contact with the power lines due to the wind, either momentarily or, in some cases, whole trees uprooted and resting on the lines.
“Farther south, we are also still cleaning up outages in 100 Mile House and Williams Lake,” said Gammer.
Gammer said the power line fires the fire department responded to this morning are unrelated to current outages.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Quesnel Volunteer Fire Department responded early this morning, around 12:24 a.m. and 12:57 a.m., to two transformer/pole fires (one reported at Symington Road south of Quesnel, one reported at Johnston Avenue) and a report of lines down on Jones Street in North Quesnel at 1:16 a.m.
BC Hydro is reporting several outages in other areas near Quesnel; to the west of Quesnel and in an area along Highway 26, as well as two outages reported along West Fraser Road, according to its outages map.
A call to BC Hydro’s media line to discover the extent of the outages and whether the events are related has not yet been answered.
Local outages can be viewed or reported here.
More to come.
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