BC Hydro restores power after outage hits 1000 customers in downtown Vancouver
BC Hydro is working to restore power to 1000 customers.
Power restored before 6 p.m. PT on Saturday
BC Hydro has restored power to 1000 customers in downtown Vancouver.
The utility tweeted the power was back on at 5:40 p.m. PT after it was knocked out just before noon when an underground duct was damaged.
The outage impacted people living east of Howe Street, south of Cordova Street, North of Beatty Street and West of Columbia Street.
Crews have restored power in the Gastown area following damage to an underground duct. <a href="https://t.co/49JrcTG6TS">https://t.co/49JrcTG6TS</a>
—@bchydroCrews are investigating an outage in downtown <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vancouver?src=hash">#Vancouver</a>. Updates: <a href="https://t.co/zUAhambTA1">https://t.co/zUAhambTA1</a> <a href="https://t.co/zTMwCiBXVN">pic.twitter.com/zTMwCiBXVN</a>
—@bchydro