Over 2,000 BC Hydro customers in east Richmond are without power Thursday morning.
The outage is affecting 2,292 residents in the area north of Blundell Road, east of No. 6 Road, south of Marine way and west of Boundary Road.
According to BC Hydro, the power outage was cut off sine 7:30 a.m. and was caused by a motor vehicle accident on Westminster Highway.
However, residents in the Hamilton community posted on social media saying that the outage was caused by an excavator knocking over a power line pole.
BC Hydro crew is on-site and power is expected to back on around 3:30 p.m.
