Image: BC Hydro / BC Hydro says 3,976 customers in Chilliwack have been without power since 12:44 p.m. Wednesday (June 21).

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Power outage in Chilliwack

Nearly 4,000 Hydro customers in Chilliwack without power

Jun 21, 2023 | 12:58 PM

**Editor’s note: Power has since been restored to Chilliwack customers.**

CHILLIWACK — Nearly 4,000 BC Hydro customers in Chilliwack are without power Wednesday afternoon due to what BC Hydro calls an equipment failure.

According to a notice on the BC Hydro website, 3,976 customers north of Highway 1 in an area southeast of Yale Road, north of Chilliwack Central Road, and west of Ford Road (Rosedale), are impacted by the power outage.

The outage may have been connected to a smoking Hydro pole at the corner of Cheam Avenue and Young Road, near the Fraser Valley Regional District office and Dairy Queen.

The Chilliwack Fire Department was dispatched shortly after noon Wednesday for the report of a smoking BC Hydro pole. Firefighters confirmed the top of a pole was on fire and/or smoking.

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Hydro says crews are on scene. Power has been off since 12:44 p.m. There is no estimated time that power will be restored per the BC Hydro website.