COLDSTREAM – It’s been one week since a towering fire at Coldstream Lumber and the remanufacturing mill has only been able to partially restart operations because a portion of the facility doesn’t have electricity.
The company is waiting for BC Hydro to replace some electrical transformers. Without electricity part of the mill remained quiet Monday and some staff are out of work until the power comes back.
The utility was also on site last Friday but there was a hitch; the transformers needed at Coldstream Lumber are an older type and hard to find. On Friday there was only one available in the Vernon area.
It became clear that three transformers at Coldstream Lumber would need to be replaced.
BC Hydro says it searched the province for two more of the older models and received news that they had been located Tuesday afternoon.
Hydro officials say crews will be installing the transformers at Coldstream Lumber on Wednesday.
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