Massive power outage impacting Comox Valley

Thousands in the Comox Valley are in the dark right now.

BC Hydro is reporting massive outages across the valley because of a substation fault.

A crew will be heading to an outage affecting more than 2,560 customers in the #Comox and #Courtenay area. They’ll share updates here: https://t.co/EcdRe5zcEE pic.twitter.com/tGbf7DcC9y

— BC Hydro (@bchydro) January 29, 2021

These areas are impacted:

• • East of Hobson Avenue, north of Back Road, south of Ryan Road, and west of Parry Place – affecting 2,588 customers. Crews are on their way;
  • North of Piercy Road – affecting 4,126 customers. Crews are en route; and
  • East of Comox Road, south of Ryan Road, and west of Skeena Drive. Crews are on their way.

A crew will be heading to an outage affecting 4,125 customers in the #Merville and #Courtenay area. They’ll share updates here: https://t.co/YyZjgiloEk pic.twitter.com/0ukO10RnHd

— BC Hydro (@bchydro) January 29, 2021

BC Hydro says the power went out at 11:33am in all those areas.

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