Update, 1:48 p.m.: Power restored to most of Chilliwack after 26,000+ lost power Monday

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CHILLIWACK – Tens of thousands of customers in Chilliwack and thousands more across the Fraser Valley are without power Monday due to a major outage.

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Update, 1:48 p.m.: Power restored to most of Chilliwack after 26,000+ lost power Monday

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According to BC Hydro’s online dashboard, over 26,000 customers spanning 11 outages lost power in Chilliwack shortly after noon.

Businesses appear closed, including FreshCo and Envision in the downtown area, and traffic is severely constrained across the city due to traffic signals not working. For example, traffic is bumper to bumper on Eagle Landing Parkway as of 1:05 p.m., due to traffic signals not working.

Multiple outages affecting over 4,000 customers in Abbotsford are being reported similarly. A substation fault is being cited as the cause for the Abbotsford-area outages.

In Agassiz, over 1,000 customers lost power.

In Seabird Island/District of Kent, over 1,800 customers lost power.

In Harrison Hot Springs, over 1,100 customers lost power.

BC Hydro’s online dashboard indicates the outages are due to a transmission circuit failure and/or substation fault.