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UPDATE: Power restored to almost 3,000 customers in Westbank

BC Hydro says 496 customers are without power
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(BC Hydro)

UPDATE: Aug. 18, 12p.m.

Power is fully restored to all customers affected by the Aug. 18 morning outage in Westbank.

BC Hydro said that the power was back on by 10:55a.m.

ORIGINAL: Aug. 18, 9:30a.m.

Power is out in the Gellantly area of Westbank.

BC Hydro is listing an outage along Gellantly Road and Gellantly Road South.

Power went out about 9:18 a.m. when birds came in contact with wires.

Currently 496 customers are without power. The outage first affected close to 3,000 customers.

BC Hydro says crews are on scene.

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