Downed wires leave 1,000 B.C. Hydro customers without power on Gabriola Island

Downed wires leave 1,000 B.C. Hydro customers without power on Gabriola Island
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B.C. Hydro expects power to be restored for 1,000 customers around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. The first power outages were at 4:30 a.m., and the majority were without power at 7:43 a.m.

B.C. Hydro expects power to be restored for 1,000 customers around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. The first power outages were at 4:30 a.m., and the majority were without power at 7:43 a.m.

Crews from B.C. Hydro are working to restore power to close to 1,000 customers Wednesday morning after trees came down across wires on Gabriola Island.

Power went out for some customers around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday when the wires came down.

The majority of those affected by the outage on the western half of the Island happened just before 7:45 a.m.

B.C. Hydro estimates power to come back on around 10:30 a.m.

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