2014-03-20 04:26:02 - Power Outage - Canada EDIS CODE: PW-20140320-43076-CAN Date & Time: 2014-03-20 04:26:02 [UTC] Area: Canada, Province of Ontario, , Toronto Description: A number of hydro outages left thousands of Toronto homes without power Wednesday evening into the night. At 10:30 p.m., a Toronto Hydro spokesperson said that approximately 3,600 households remained without power. ???We are starting to do restorations now, but in terms of when everybody is going to be restored, I don???t have this at that at this point,??? said Toronto Hydro???s Tanya Bruckmueller Toronto Hydro explained that blowing salt used to de-ice city streets and sidewalks over the winter sometimes interferes with power lines, causing sparks that lead to fires. A wire down in the Danforth area started a fire at approximately 7 p.m., Toronto Hydro said. It is believed that the other outages had similar causes, Toronto Hydro said. She was unable to say how many customers were without power at the peak of the outage, however at about 8 p.m., the utility???s online outage map indicated that up to 22,000 customers were without hydro in the area bordered by Lawrence Ave. W, Bathurst St. and Weston Rd. The area of York University was also listed on Toronto Hydro???s site, which stated that up to 3,000 customers were without power between Sheppard Ave. W., Steeles Ave. W. and Driftwood Ave. Toronto Hydro said that these numbers are not exact.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 04:29:06 +0000
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