About 45,000 customers between Vanderhoof and Prince Rupert, and north of Highway 16, was left in the dark yesterday (Thursday) evening.
According to BC Hydro, the outage started at 4:12 p.m. due to a lightning strike in the Prince George area.
“Crews were immediately dispatched and began the repair and restoration process,” said Spokesperson Dave Mosure.
“With customer numbers this large we need to bring communities back online in stages (east to west in this case) to avoid overloading the system.”
By 6:00 p.m., power was restored to all affected communities.
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