Fortis Alberta is working to restore power to a portion of Airdrie.

Following a sudden and brief storm that blew through the city, a power outage occurred affecting 587 customers.

Fortis hasn’t said whether the storm was the cause of the outage or exactly why it occurred. 

Repairs will likely take a few hours with power expected to be back on by 11:00 pm.

UPDATE: restoration work is in progress. Fortis says only 228 residents and businesses are impacted as of 10:00 PM. Power is now expected to be fully restored around midnight.

UPDATE 2: Fortis was able to make all necessary repairs and power was restored to all customers just after 11:00 PM.

 

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