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Lightning sparks outage

Almost 3,000 residents left in the dark Tuesday night
Black Press Media
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103 Mile resident Barry Shannon snapped this photo when lightning hit this power pole and seconds later and bolt hit a transformer on another about 60 feet away. 'It was amazing

Some 2,866 households were out of power for up to two hours late on Aug. 4.

BC Hydro northern community relations manager Dave Mosure says lightning strikes caused damage to equipment in the 103 Mile Lake area causing the first outage to occur at 9:16 p.m., and all service was restored by 11:15 p.m.

Customers were affected from just north of Exeter Station Road (100 Mile House), 103 Mile Lake, 108 Mile Ranch, and Lac la Hache northward in a wide swath generally following the Highway 97 corridor to Enterprise Road (south of 150 Mile House), he explains.