FortisBC is working on a power outage in Joe Rich.

FortisBC is working on a power outage in Joe Rich.

UPDATE: Power restored in Joe Rich

There's a power outage in Joe Rich

  • Jan. 10, 2018 12:00 a.m.

Power has been restored to all but one of the 478 homes in the Joe Rich area that went dark this morning. Fortis says that wet snow caused a tree to fall on a Highway 33 power line. Power is restored, but it will take some time to restore that specific line.

ORIGINAL 6 a.m.

Power is out for roughly 478 people in the Joe Rich area.

According to Fortis, the outage started at 4:10 a.m., and it’s of unknown origin at the moment. When it will be fixed is also unknown at the moment.

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