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Salmon Arm homes without power following downed hydro lines

Outages has affected 112 residences
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Salmon Arm fire crews respond to a downed hydro line near Foothill Road in Salmon Arm on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. (Cameron Thomson - Salmon Arm Observer)

Downed hydro lines have left some Salmon Arm residents without power.

At approximately 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Salmon Arm fire crews were on the scene of a downed hydro line east of 50th street west of Foothill Road.

BC Hydro reports 24 residents have been affected by the subsequent outage.

A tree falling across hydro lines has also knocked out power to 88 more residences east of Foothill Road.

Read more: BC Hydro warns of overnight power outages in the Shuswap

Read more: Thousands of Shuswap residents without power for 36 hours, BC Hydro prepares for next storm


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