Power outages Thursday in Barry’s Bay and area

Hydro One’s power outage map is lit up this morning in Barry’s Bay and area, with  thousands of customers without power.

Hydro One spokesperson Bianca Pizzo told MyBarrysBayNow that an area that includes  Barry’s Bay and a region mainly south of the community, are one of the hardest hit in the province, with 11,000 customers in the area impacted by power outages.

The largest outage is a geographical area of more than 130 kilometres, stretching from the Township of Tudor and Cashel to just outside Tramore, in Renfrew County.

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Hydro One’s outage map says 3,146 customers are impacted by that outage.

Pizzo said high winds and temperature drops have impacted work crews and overnight knocked tree branches and limbs on to power lines.

Crews will be out in full force today trying to get the power back on, she said.

Pizzo said they hope to have power restored this afternoon but it will depend on what crews encounter as they work away.

Pizzo said 28,000-30,000 customers still have no power in Ontario.

Paul Cluff
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Paul is a veteran journalist with decades of experience in newsrooms across Canada. He has served as sports editor at the St. Thomas Times-Journal, a general assignment reporter at the Stratford Beacon Herald, editor of the Goderich Signal Star, and founding editor of StratfordToday.ca. Paul is a graduate of St. Clair College’s journalism program and holds a credential in Inclusive Journalism – Fair Representation in Media from Seneca College.

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