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A large section of southeast Winnipeg was without power Wednesday night, after Manitoba Hydro says a vehicle collided with an electrical box in the Southdale area.
Hydro spokesperson Peter Chura said the crash happened at about 6:15 p.m., knocking out power to approximately 2,800 customers.
In an email to CBC at 7:17 p.m., Chura said it could take between four and six hours for crews to fix the damage and fully restore power, although that estimate could change as the work proceeds.
Meanwhile, he said crews were working to bypass the damaged line and restore service to “at least some of the affected area.”
By 10 p.m., the outages appeared to have spread, with all of Sage Creek affected, as well as several areas west of the original outages.
More updates can be found on Manitoba Hydro’s outage map.
Manitoba Hydro’s map shows the areas shaded in pink affected by power outages as of 10 p.m. Wednesday. (Manitoba Hydro)