BC Hydro crews on Vancouver Island have been pulled away to assist with the wildfire situation in B.C.B次元官网网址檚 Interior instead.
More than 20 trucks loaded up with a couple dozen hydro workers left from Duke Point bound for the Interior and theyB次元官网网址檒l be gone for the next week or more.
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Scott said an initial assessment tallied 170 power poles, 93 cross arms, 90 spans of wire and 29 transformers have been damaged, B次元官网网址渁nd we actually expect these numbers are going to continue to rise,B次元官网网址� she noted.
Roughly 2,600 customers are without power in the fire zone, primarily in Williams Lake and 100 Mile House.
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ItB次元官网网址檚 all hands on deck with about 100 crews working to get the people of the central and southern Interior restored.
And if the power goes out here there are still crews on the Island to get it restored.
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