UPDATE: Power is now restored all the affected residences. BC Hydro reports to cause of the outage was downed trees across wires.
VERNON, B.C. – About 1,500 BC Hydro residences in Vernon are in the dark after a major power outage. BC Hydro says equipment failure is behind the outage, but didn’t have any further details on what exactly went wrong.
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Power isn’t expected to be restored until 9 p.m.
Properties from 39th Avenue north to 58th Avenue, and 32nd Street east to Ploeger Road are in the dark.
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