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Pole fires bring down power for 3,000 Winnipeg customers

By Elisha Dacey Global News

Posted March 25, 2020 8:13 am

Updated March 25, 2020 9:36 am

1 min read

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About 3,000 customers were without power in west Winnipeg Wednesday morning. Manitoba Hydro

About 3,000 customers were without power Wednesday morning in west Winnipeg.

At about 10 p.m. Tuesday, crews responded to outages in Brooklands, St. James and King Edward/Murray Park.

#mboutage A pole fire has caused an outage in the Brooklands. We’re working to get your power back on as soon as we can. Our crews appreciate your patience. pic.twitter.com/Dp8zKlkE41
— Manitoba Hydro (@manitobahydro) March 25, 2020

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As of 7 a.m. two outages remained in Brooklands and St. James, with 3,116 customers without power.

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The power was mostly restored by 8:30 a.m.

TRAFFIC UPDATE:
MORAY & BRUCE
MORAY & NESS
NESS & WHYTEWOLD
NESS & MOUNT ROYAL
Lights have been restored. #WpgTMC #winnipeg #traffic
— Winnipeg TMC (@WinnipegTMC) March 25, 2020

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