Image Credit: B.C. Hydro
July 03, 2015 - 6:54 AM
KAMLOOPS - Thousands on the North Shore and in Brocklehurst woke to no power this morning after a bird contacted wires causing an outage.
B.C. Hydro is reported an outage affecting 3,173 customers as of about 5:40 a.m.
The cause was not immediately clear but was later determined to be caused by a bird contacting the wires.
Power was restored by about 7:25 a.m.
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— This story was updated at 7:47 a.m., July 3, 2015, when power was restored.
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