UPDATE: Power restored after outages in downtown Kamloops

KAMLOOPS – About 90 customers were without power in the Lansdowne Village area of downtown Kamloops this afternoon.

B.C. Hydro reported two separate outages along Lansdowne Street. The majority of customers lost power just before noon while another six lost it around 12:20 p.m.

The initial outage was due to an equipment failure and was restored by 2 p.m. The cause of the smaller outage was restored by around 2:20 p.m.

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— This story was updated at 2:17 p.m., Nov. 27. 

— This story was updated at 2:29 p.m, Nov. 27.