BC Hydro clears wires on St. Patrick Street in Oak Bay after a branch fell on Canada Day. (Octavian Lacatusu/Oak Bay News)

BC Hydro clears wires on St. Patrick Street in Oak Bay after a branch fell on Canada Day. (Octavian Lacatusu/Oak Bay News)

UPDATED: Branch on wires closes St. Patrick street in Oak Bay

BC Hydro on the scene

  • Jul. 1, 2017 8:00 a.m.

BC Hydro and Oak Bay parks are at work after a fallen tree brought down live wires on St. Patrick Street.

St. Patrick was closed to traffic from Oak Bay Avenue to Windsor with a branch on the wires shortly before 4 p.m. on Canada Day.

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An old Garry oak at the end of St. Patrick Street let go and cause a chain reaction snapping wires down the street, said Fire Chief Dave Cockle. It took out two different sets of wires on two poles.

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