EDMONTON – Some Edmonton residents in the Hamptons and Castledowns neighbourhoods were without power Sunday evening, as EPCOR dealt with a downed wire and a faulty cable.
For several hours, beginning around dinnertime, customers were without power as temperatures dipped below the minus 30 mark.
EPCOR said it was working on repairs, and would restore power as soon as possible.
Customers between 97 and 127 Street, and 140 and 167 Avenue, as well as between 199 and 225 Street, and 9 and 105 Avenue were affected.
About four hours after the outages were reported, EPCOR said crews were still underground, working on “complicated repair work in Hamptons and Castledowns.”
On Monday, Bessie Nichols School was closed due to a power loss in the area that left the school without heat or phone service.
Students arriving at the school, located at 189 Hemingway Road, were kept in the school gym until their parents are contacted by teachers via cell phones.
Students who arrived at the school with their parents were sent home.
Bessie Nichols has a student enrolment of 830 students.
On Monday afternoon, EPCOR was able to restore power at the school. Edmonton Public Schools says the school will be open Tuesday and classes will resume.
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