Crews responded to a power outage that affected over two dozen neighbourhoods in northeast Edmonton on Wednesday night.
Shortly after 9:30 p.m., EPCOR said its crews were “working as quickly as possible to restore service.”
The utility provider did not say how many homes and businesses were believed to be affected. Coun. Aaron Paquette tweeted that the utility provider had been receiving hundreds of messages about the issue.
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Paquette said the power outage was the result of a transformer exploding.
“Please stay home if you don’t have to drive,” he tweeted.
On its website, EPCOR said the outage was impacting thousands of customers.
The power was restored around 11:30 p.m.
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