Thousands without power in Surrey for the third time in one weekend
Posted August 11, 2019 10:16 pm.
Last Updated August 11, 2019 10:19 pm.
SURREY (NEWS 1130) — For the third time in one weekend thousands of people are without power in Surrey, according to BC Hydro.
On Sunday evening, BC Hydro reported a power outage affecting close to 10,000 customers.
A Surrey resident described the situation in an email.
“This weekend south surrey has seen two days of power outages. First on Saturday shortly before 12 p.m. which lasted for 15 minutes. Then, again around 1 p.m. which lasted for about two hours. The second set of outages were on Sunday around 11:30 a.m. which was for about 20 minutes. The second outage [was] around 9 pm,” they write. “All outages the BC hydro site showed that it was a substation fault.”
Another witness tells NEWS 1130 he saw the sky light up and a small fire break out at a substation around 32nd Street and 152 Avenue Sunday evening.
Surrey Fire & Rescue say they were called to the substation but there is not an active fire and they have been cleared to leave the scene.
BC Hydro crews are investigating.
We’re aware of another outage in the #SurreyBC #WhiteRock area and crews will be responding and investigating. Power is currently out to just under 10,000 customers. As info is available, we’ll have updates on our mobile site: https://t.co/8XLdphy74B pic.twitter.com/oDWFbtUfrG
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) August 12, 2019
BC Hydro reported an outage affecting nearly 10,000 people on Sunday afternoon due to a substation fault.
Crews are en route to an outage in #SurreyBC #WhiteRock affecting around 10,000 customers caused by a substation fault. They expect to arrive around 1:15pm and we’ll have updates on our mobile site: https://t.co/l5gTD0IhO7 pic.twitter.com/i73KRlopFJ
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) August 11, 2019
Saturday afternoon saw a similar outage.
Crews are en route to a substation fault affecting 11,000 customers in #SurreyBC and expect to arrive around 2:30pm. Updates: https://t.co/ygL0Vi6GiL pic.twitter.com/8UXfsKFujr
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) August 10, 2019
