A transmission circuit failure is being blamed for a massive power outage on Vancouver Island.
As of 10:30 a.m. Saturday morning, over 110,000 BC Hydro customers on southern Vancouver Island lost power for at least 10 minutes and over 15,000 lost power up island.
A BC Hydro rep told Victoria Buzz the outage is due to a transmission issue but the cause of the outage is still being investigated.
Just after 10 a.m., over 16,000 @bchydro customers were without power on southern Vancouver Island.
It’s unclear why and if it’s been restored to those who lost power.
Were you one of them? #yyj #victoriabuzz @victoriabuzzes
— Mike Kelly (@mikevicbuzz) August 21, 2021
Crews are focusing on restoring outages as they happen and all customers should have power back within an hour.
Crews are on their way to respond to outages in #Saanich. More updates are shared on: https://t.co/tcPFVBkm0h pic.twitter.com/85XmKeWhM4
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) August 21, 2021
More to come.
