The power outage is affecting customers in the Okanagan Landing area of Vernon.
Image Credit: B.C. Hydro
November 28, 2014 - 8:55 AM
VERNON - Power was cut to over a thousand residents on Okanagan Landing Friday morning, but was restored by 11:09 a.m.
According to B.C. Hydro, the outage occurred northwest of Okanagan Landing Road around 6:40 a.m. affecting 1,389 customers.
The cause of the outage was identified as a tree down across the power lines. Local fire crews responded to a report of sagging power lines at the same time around 9060 Tronson Road.
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—This story was updated at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 28, 2014.
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