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Almost 200 customers without power on Quadra Island

Second big power outage on the island in two weeks
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The power has been off for 195 customers on Quadra Island since shortly after 7 a.m. on Tuesday (Oct.5) morning. BC Hydro outages map

Almost 200 households on Quadra Island are waking up without electricity on a chilly October morning.

BC Hydro is reporting 195 of their customers have been affected by an outage on the island.

A tree falling onto wires is the cause of the pause in power. BC Hydro’s outage map shows it to be impacting properties north of Hope Spring Road.

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This is the second time in two weeks the island’s residents have been without electricity.

On September 29-30, a storm resulted in the power being temporarily turned off on Quadra Island, as well as Cortes Island, and parts of North Vancouver Island too.



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