UPDATED: Power restored to nearly 2,000 residents in East Sooke

Power is out to nearly 2000 East Sooke residents Sunday afternoon after a tree fell on wires. (BC Hydro)

Sunday outage caused by fallen tree on wires

Power has been restored to nearly 2,000 residents in and around East Sooke after an outage around 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 3.

The affected areas in west of Rocky Point in Metchosin and East of Woodlands Road in Sooke were caused by a fallen tree on wires.

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