B.C. Hydro crews were busy in the Bulkley Valley and Lakes District as a wind storm swept through the region yesterday. (Thursday)
According to the utility company, crews restored about eight outage locations in Burns Lake that affected 225 customers.
Eleven locations saw crews doing repairs which caused outages for 1,700 customers.
Crews in Smithers were at 19 locations that day repairing outages that had about 1,500 customers without power.
The Hazeltons, one location needed repair affecting 44 customers.
“If you come across a down power line, please stay back about 10 metres, 33 feet, or the length of a school bus, and call 9-1-1,” said Spokesperson Dave Mosure.
He added crews today are working to address the remaining small outages the wind storm caused and are expected to be complete by the end of the day.
“With crews, everybody works a normal 8-hour day but in situations like this, our crews can go 16-hours before they are required to take an 8-hour break for safety reasons so they take that time off and are right back at it.”
Mosure said this being the first major wind storm this year was expected to identify weak trees from the dry summer.
Environment Canada issued a wind warning for the day across most of central B.C. with winds reaching speeds of up to 90 kilometres per hour .
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