A power outage at approximately 11:14 a.m. left 3,300 Salmon Arm residents without power on Saturday, July 27. (Martha Wickett/Salmon Arm Observer)

A power outage at approximately 11:14 a.m. left 3,300 Salmon Arm residents without power on Saturday, July 27. (Martha Wickett/Salmon Arm Observer)

Update: Power restored to 3,300 Salmon Arm residents

BC Hydro crews responded at 11:14 a.m.

  • Jul. 27, 2019 12:00 a.m.

Power to 3,300 Salmon Arm residents was restored at 12:15 p.m.

According to a BC Hydro representative the cause of the outage was a series of switches that overheated.

First reported approximately 11 a.m., the outage lasted approximately one hour.

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At 11:14 a.m. BC Hydro crews responded to a power outage in Salmon Arm that affected 3,300 residents.

Salmon Arm Observer