Lightning strike cuts power to Airdrie residents

By News Staff

Posted Aug 14, 2014 10:25 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Airdrie residents had been bracing for more wicked weather and were hit with hard rain Thursday night.

Fortis crews were called to restore electricity for 2,400 residents on the western side of the city after a lightning strike.

Spokesperson Jennifer MacGowan tells 600News the power should be restored shortly to all affected residents.

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