While tens of thousands of BC Hydro customers in Chilliwack and Abbotsford were without power due to a transformer failure on Monday afternoon just after 3:30 p.m., crews quickly started restoring power to neighbourhoods one by one.
A BC Hydro map at 3:45 p.m., showed overlapping outages cover the entire city of Chilliwack, but some pockets still had power, including Garrison Crossing.
Abbotsford, too, saw outages for thousands of customers.
@HcdcPhotos Hi there, thanks for reaching out. Crews are currently on site in the area and hope to have power restored in the next thirty minutes. Updates here: https://t.co/WgWnsVUNrP
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) July 27, 2020
In a Tweet sent out at 3:45 p.m., BC Hydro stating power would be on in approximately 30 minutes.
By 3:50 p.m., some businesses downtown Chilliwack reported power was back on.
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