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UPDATE: Power restored to 733 customers in Wasa, Ta Ta Creek

UPDATE (12:41 pm):

BC Hydro has fully restored power after an outage early Friday morning knocked out power to 733 properties.

The outage was caused by a tree down across one of BC Hydro’s lines, but the line has since been cleared and power has been fully restored.

ORIGINAL STORY (10:07 am):

BC Hydro is reporting a large power outage for customers in Wasa, Ta Ta Creek and the surrounding rural area.

According to BC Hydro, power went out around 1:40 am on Friday and is impacting 733 properties.

BC Hydro said the cause of the outage is a “tree down across our wires” in the area northeast of Highway 95A and southwest of Highway 93/95.

Crews are currently on scene attending to the outage, with BC Hydro hoping to restore power by 1:00 pm.

Bradley Jones
Bradley Jones
Delivering local news and sports in the East Kootenay since April 2016, Bradley now calls Cranbrook home. Born and raised in Airdrie, AB, Bradley graduated from Lethbridge College, and has been a journalist, news anchor and reporter since 2014. Bradley took on local News Director responsibilities when he moved to Cranbrook in 2016. He is now Vista Radio's Kootenay News Director, managing and overseeing all news operations at the company's five regional radio stations in Cranbrook, Creston, Nelson, Castlegar, and Grand Forks.

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