UPDATE: Over 6200 customers without power in Fort St. John area
BC Hydro is reporting that over 6200 customers in and outside of Fort St. John are without power.
UPDATE: According to BC Hydro, power should be back on for the Fort St. John customers by around 8 p.m.
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — BC Hydro is reporting that over 6200 customers in and outside of Fort St. John are without power.
The first report of an outage in the area was at 3 p.m., with more outages being reported as of 5 p.m.
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The outage is affecting part of Fort St. John, along with most of the North Peace region.
The cause of the outages is currently under investigation.
To view the current outages, head to BC Hydro’s website.
More information will be added once it comes in.
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