Major electrical power failure in Montreal

QMI agency

Tuesday, 24 October, 2017 09:17

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Tuesday, 24 October, 2017 09:22

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About 275,000 customers were without power in Montreal, Tuesday morning, due to a cable severed by employees of Hydro-Québec.

This blackout was caused to 8.40 during work at the substation to the End-of-the Island, located in the east of Montreal. Hydro-Québec has indicated that the current will be progressively restored by 10: 30.

The State company said that the cable cut had been repaired, less than an hour after the break.”It is really exceptional situation,” said the spokesperson for Hydro-Québec, Louis-Olivier Batty, speaking of the fact that these are employees who have severed the cable by mistake.

The cable is now repaired and the recovery will take place gradually over the course of the next hour. https://t.co/vY2Den7wId

— Hydro-Québec (@client_hydro) October 24, 2017

Affecting many sectors of Montreal, the failure disrupted metro services and traffic

It affected mostly the neighbourhoods of Villeray, Ahuntsic, Plateau Mont-Royal, Rosemont, Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal-Nord and Montréal-est.

The service on the blue line of the subway was interrupted around 8: 45. It should resume around 10: 20 according to the Société de transport de Montréal. A special service of bus that was shuttling between the stations of St-Michel and Snowdon. The other lines were not affected.

The traffic lights were down in many places, which has slowed down the traffic. The Montreal police said they had deployed officers to the intersections major, “to ensure the safety of users”.