Reception centre set up in Langley due to fire, possibly due to downed tree on hydro wire (VIDEO)

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First responders have blocked the road. BC Hydro personnel have attended the scene.

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Reception centre set up in Langley due to fire, possibly due to downed tree on hydro wire (VIDEO)

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A video from Fraservalleybuzz.

Police said additional information and updates would be provided at the reception centre.

A commenter in the Fraservalleybuzz Facebook page claimed the following at 7:29 p.m.: “Transformer was still up on the pole unscathed. Pretty sure a branch knocked the line down causing an underground arc that ignited a gas line. Still burning strong as of 20 mins ago.”

A Facebook commenter named Holli Jaye said: “We called it in, branch fell on line, line started to smoke, caught fire, hit a gas line valve and it’s been burning the gas leaking out since just before 3 p.m. Nobody was hurt or injured.”

Fraser Valley Today has reached out by phone and email to an after-hours BC Hydro spokesperson for comment, as well as the Langley RCMP to clarify what the incident involves.

It should be noted that there is a power outage in the area of 208 Street in Langley that has left 625 customers without power.

Outage in Langley. (Image Credit: BC Hydro.)

The outage began at 1:56 p.m. Wednesday and has not been resolved. The affected area includes customers north of 36 Avenue, south of 46 Avenue, west of 216 Street and east of 205B street.

Crews are on site. BC Hydro’s website was last updated at 7:40 p.m.

BC Hydro now says the outage is due to a downed tree across hydro wires.

Power is expected back on by 3 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12.