Trees cause large power outages near Kamloops, Salmon Arm

KAMLOOPS – Almost 2,000 BC Hydro customers in the Westsyde Road area near Sun Peaks are without power.

A crew has been assigned to respond to the outage caused by a tree that fell on wires, which was reported shortly after 1 p.m. BC Hydro said that 1,842 customers are impacted by the outage.

Crews will be heading to an outage in #Kamloops affecting 1850 customers. They’ll share updates on our mobile site: https://t.co/j86pMqz0mz pic.twitter.com/hvxpktP9sy

— BC Hydro (@bchydro) August 25, 2019

There is currently no estimated time for the power to return.

BC Hydro said that a crew has been assigned to a second outage impacting 596 near Salmon Arm on Highway 1. That outage occurred at 12:34 p.m.

Crews are heading to an outage affecting 600 customers in #SalmonArm. They’ll share updates on our mobile site: https://t.co/K6PJOFjh0Q pic.twitter.com/hiUMk7ByUr

— BC Hydro (@bchydro) August 25, 2019

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