FERGUS – Some residents in Fergus experienced a power outage Monday evening due to what Centre Wellington Hydro says was a broken hydro pole.
At around 6:42pm Centre Wellington Fire & Rescue was called for a reported hydro pole transformer fire at an address on Wellington Road 19 east of Fergus.
At around 7:43pm Centre Wellington Hydro tweeted that they were aware of the power outage affecting Fergus customers.
CW Hydro said this was do to a broken pole.
We are aware of the power outage affecting Fergus customers, the cause is a broken pole and crews have been dispatched. Expected time of restoration approximately 2 hours, thank you for your patience pic.twitter.com/8XJY6sirvy
— Centre Wellington Hydro (@CWhydro) August 1, 2022
Later in the evening at around 8:40pm CW Hydro gave an update saying power had been restored to their customers.
Power has been restored to all @CWhydro customers. All customers currently without power are serviced by Hydro One and check @HydroOne site for up to date information https://t.co/9vqWLY7IS2
— Centre Wellington Hydro (@CWhydro) August 2, 2022
There is no word on what caused the Hydro pole to break.
Wellington North Power also tweeted Monday evening noting that some Arthur residents were experiencing a power outage too.
Power Outage in Arthur. There is a broken pole that carries the Hydro One's Fergus Transmission line – this line also supplies the hydro to Arthur. Hydro One crews have been dispatched. Restoration time is currently not known
— WellingtonNorthPower (@WNP_Power) August 2, 2022
