An electrical outage at around 12:20pm today (June 7) caused problems for a number of local businesses.

According to a Fortis Alberta employee attending to the problem, the outage was caused by a blown transformer on a power pole near All Fitts Automotive. The transformer is one of three on the power pole. While working on the problem, a transformer on a pole further down the line blew, resulting in small explosion.

The employee explained that to remedy the situation, all three transformers would need to be shut off for safety reasons, meaning businesses like Freshii and Pureform Radiology were left without electricity, phones or internet while the situation was addressed. Air 106 is one of the businesses affected.

Crews from Fortis replaced the faulty transformer, and power was restored to the issue just before 3:00pm.

 

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