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Multiple neighbourhoods lost electricity on Tuesday afternoon as City of Saskatoon crews scrambled to repair damage to electrical equipment.
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According to the city, areas through the north, central, west and east sides of the city experienced a power outage that began around 1:45 p.m. The city’s website said the reason for the outage was “equipment failure,” which can include transformers, underground cables and more.
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Shortly after 3 p.m., the city in a statement said crews “have identified the problem and are working hard to restore power as quickly as possible.”
According to the city, Saskatoon Light and Power confirmed the problem area was in the northwest of the service zone.
By 3:30 p.m., power was being restored neighbourhood by neighbourhood, first in affected areas in Grosvenor Park, Varsity View, Nutana and College Park.
Then, around 40 minutes later, the city said power was back in Mount Royal, Caswell Hill, Westmount, Mayfair and the eastern half of Westview.
The temperature at the time the outage was first reported was 2 C — a drastic change from recent days, when the windchill dipped below -30 C.
SaskPower on Twitter said it was “aware of an outage affecting customers in the city of Saskatoon. This is (serviced) by Saskatoon Light and Power.”
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