Nearly 1,200 residents between Sooke and Port Renfrew lost power on Tuesday, Jan. 26. (BC Hydro)

UPDATE: Power restored for nearly 1,200 residents in Sooke, Port Renfrew

Outage in Port Renfrew due to fallen tree on power lines

  • Jan. 26, 2021 12:00 a.m.

Power has been restored to nearly 1,200 residents between Sooke and Port Renfrew after a couple of power outages Tuesday.

At 11:52 a.m. on Jan. 25, 523 residents living southeast of Parkinson Road and northwest of West Coast Road lost power. The cause was determined as a fallen tree on power lines.

Later in the afternoon at 1:41 p.m., 662 residents in the Sunriver area of Sooke also lost power. Black Press Media is reaching out to BC Hydro for the cause of the outage.

READ MORE: Power restored to nearly 2000 East Sooke residents after blasting


 

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