B.C. Hydro crews are responding to a number of power outages affecting about 4,400 customers in Courtenay and on Denman and Hornby islands.
The utility said one of the outages in Courtenay was caused by a tree falling across a power line.
At one point on Tuesday evening, more than 7,500 customers were without power on the north Island.
Crews will be responding to an outage affecting 1300 customers near #Comox and expect to arrive around 7:05pm. Updates: https://t.co/WC0kGMWgoL pic.twitter.com/nQJD9hDHyy
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) January 9, 2019
Crews will be responding to a few large outages in #CourtenayBC #DenmanIsland #HornbyIsland affecting 4400 customers. We’ll have updates after they arrive: https://t.co/HY20X9oiku pic.twitter.com/bi31su2IyF
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) January 9, 2019
We’ll be responding to an outage affecting 2100 customers near #Bowser #CourtenayBC. Latest info on our mobile site as available: https://t.co/q3Ulfg3mse pic.twitter.com/6awDkO6bSr
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) January 9, 2019
