Power restored after outages hit 2,900 Airdrie customers

A City of Airdrie sign. (CityNews photo)

Posted Nov 3, 2022 11:07 am.

Last Updated Nov 3, 2022 12:17 pm.

About 2,900 customers in Airdrie, Alta., north of Calgary, were without power for over an hour Thursday morning.

According to Fortis Alberta’s website, there were three unplanned outages in different parts of the city, which have since been restored.

The outages were reported to Fortis Alberta at 10 a.m. and power was back online around 11:30 a.m.

Power has been restored to all impacted customers in @City_of_Airdrie, our crews appreciate your patience! https://t.co/6DRIsTOGDj

— FortisAlberta (@FortisAlberta) November 3, 2022

The power company says the outages were “due to a third-party underground line contact.”

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