
UPDATE: Power restored, but Popkum area had 2 outages Thursday
UPDATE: Power has since been restored to the Popkum area east of Chilliwack, but there was a second power outage in the area after the early afternoon outage. People in a Popkum-area Facebook page reported that power was restored Thursday at about 3:55 p.m., and then went off again at about 4:30 p.m. Power was eventually restored late Thursday evening, with one person saying it was back on at about 9:20 p.m. At one point, BC Hydro estimated power would be back by 10:20 p.m.
Original story below:
AGASSIZ/CHEAM FN/POPKUM — Yet another power outage has been reported in the eastern Fraser Valley Thursday.
A substation fault is being blamed for a power outage that cut power to over 1,500 customers in Agassiz, Cheam First Nation, Rosedale and Popkum Thursday afternoon.