A balloon caught in power lines has caused a power outage for thousands of Kelowna residents on their Thanksgiving weekend.

The outage was reported at roughly 10:18 a.m., Oct. 10, in the South Pandosy area of the city, affecting 2,766 FortisB.C. customers.

Fortis corporate communications advisor Scott Neufeld said crews are on scene working to restore power and the outage is believed to be caused by a balloon in the lines.

Power has been restored as of 1 p.m.

UPDATE: Balloon in power lines cause of Kelowna Thanksgiving weekend power outage | iNFOnews.ca — Location of a large power outage in Kelowna | Credit: FortisB.C.

– This story was updated at 1 p.m. to include that power has now been restored.

– This story was updated at 12:35 p.m. to include the cause of the power outage and when it power will be restored.

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