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Nearly 10,000 customers without power due to mass outage

Around 10,000 customers were without power for nearly 12 hours from Telkwa to Kitwanga.

The cause of the outage was due to a transmission circuit failure according to BC Hydro. 

BC Hydro Northern Spokesperson, Bob Gammer said it was because of broken insulators.

“Because of the broken insulators, the pole was on fire, it has been identified and has been isolated for repairs,” he said.

The power was out around 6:15 p.m. and did not come back on until around 5:30 a.m. 

Gammer added all customer’s power will be back on at the same time.

“Sometimes when we have to restore power we can bring it back on into sections but for this outage, everyone will be back on at the exact same time,” he said.

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