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UPDATE: Power back on for nearly 22,000 West Kelowna customers

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October 02, 2014 - 4:03 AM

UPDATE - According to the B.C. Hydro website, power was restored at about 3:30 a.m. to nearly 22,000 customers. There's no word yet on the cause of the outage.

WEST KELOWNA - Nearly 22,000 customers have been without power since about 6:30 p.m. thanks to a major hydro outage affecting homes and businesses in Westbank, Peachland and Summerland.

According to the B.C. Hydro website the outage is due to a transmission circuit failure and is expected to be restored by 11 p.m.

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