UPDATE: Power restored in Charlie Lake

UPDATE: As of 7:20 am power has been restored.

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Over 1,700 customers are without power in the Charlie Lake area.

The outage started at around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday and is affecting people from Grand Haven to Charlie Lake and west to Bear Flats.

The cause of the outage is under investigation.

B.C. Hydro has assigned a crew to fix the outage and they should arrive on scene by 7:20 a.m., but they have not given an estimate on when power will be restored.

For updates on when the outage will be restored, visit www.bchydro.com/outages