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Update: Bulkley Valley residents without power due to transmission circuit failure

Update: 8:19 p.m., Sunday, May 21st, 2023

Power has been restored to effected areas.

Updated: 3:38 p.m., Sunday, May 21st, 2023

According to BC Hydro, they have identified a downed power pole which caused the outage.

Crews are working to replace the pole, updating the expected power on time to 10:00 tonight.

Updated: 1:00 p.m., Sunday, May 21st, 2023

Power is expected to be on by 7:00 tonight (Sunday) according to BC Hydro.

Updated: 11:45 a.m., Sunday, May 21st, 2023

BC Hydro said crews are on scene and working to correct the outage.

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Original Story:

About 10 thousand BC Hydro customers are without power from Telkwa to Gitanyow.

BC Hydro said the cause was a power transmission circuit failure.

The outage started at 10:40 this morning (Sunday).

According to BC Hydro, crews were assigned to correct the outage.

You can find more on the BC Hydro website.

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Logan Flint
Logan Flint
Logan is the News Reporter and Afternoon News Anchor for The Moose in Smithers, covering stories from Burns Lake to Hazelton along Highway 16. Born and raised in Smithers, he's grown up around radio and has spent time as an on-air announcer for the station's afternoon and morning shows.

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