The lights are back on in Richmond and at Vancouver International Airport, after a car crash left more than 4,000 residents without power on Sunday afternoon.
Shortly before 4 p.m., BC Hydro reported that a car crash near Westminster Highway and Garden City Road damaged a power pole affecting 4,000 customers.
Crews are responding to an outage affecting 4000 customers in #RichmondBC and expect to arrive around 5pm. Latest info after they arrive will be on our mobile site: https://t.co/RNYFYUvmu8 pic.twitter.com/qH8MqpajsK
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) July 15, 2018
Even YVR reported having a brief power outage but “backup systems” kicked in quickly, according the airport.
YVR experienced a power outage resulting from an accident at Westminster Highway & Garden City affecting all of Sea Island. Backup systems kicked in and power has been restored at the airport. Minimal impacts to operations as systems switch between backup and regular systems. https://t.co/0pLbnvDryy
— Vancouver Airport (@yvrairport) July 15, 2018
Crews were on scene within an hour, but by nearly 10:30 p.m., BC Hydro tweeted saying power was still out for approximately 2,000 customers.
Update: transmission crews continue work to restore final 2000 customers out in #RichmondBC following a motor vehicle accident that caused significant damage. Crews are working to restore power for 4am. Updates: https://t.co/uplBbyrhn5
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) July 16, 2018
This one was caused by a motor vehicle accident and it caused some significant damage, so our crews are looking at some pretty lengthy repairs to get power back for those still out.
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) July 16, 2018
According to BC Hydro’s outage map, power has been restored in areas that were affected by the crash.
