More than 2,000 Quesnel residents were without power for almost an hour late Saturday afternoon (April 27) after a tree came down across BC Hydro wires.
A power outage was reported April 27 at 4:47 p.m., affecting 2,823 Hydro customers in a large area west of Red Bluff Road and south of Baker Creek Road.
BC Hydro’s website notes the cause as being a tree down across their wires.
Power has been restored in this area, as of 5:35 p.m.
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