Thousands affected by power outage in downtown Hamilton: Alectra

Close to 2000 customers were without power for a few hours due to an outage in downtown Hamilton on Wednesday afternoon.

Alectra Utilities reported the outage at 1:58 p.m. and said it affected those between Queen St. South to James St. South and Markland St. to Main St.

Utility crews project the problem to be resolved around 8:p.m. on Wednesday night.

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Alectra says “animal contact” was the cause of the outage.

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