Much of Timmins is in the dark.
Power went out in the city around 8 a.m. this morning.
While there is no official word from Hydro One on the disruption, their online outage map shows areas across the city and beyond are affected.
You can view the outage map here.
Hydro One has since sent a Tweet that said the outage affects more than 20,000 customers in the area.
Our crews are responding to an outage affecting over 20,000 customers in the #Timmins and surrounding areas. We will provide more information as it becomes available. For local updates, please visit: https://t.co/2bqisJQXYG pic.twitter.com/WrIHxYHLXJ
— Hydro One (@HydroOne) May 7, 2019
This story will be updated when more details when available.
Update: On Twitter, Hydro One said the outage was due to an equipment failure at the Hanmer station.
UPDATE: Today’s outage affecting our customers in the #Timmins and surrounding areas was caused by an equipment failure at our #Hanmer Station. Thank you for your patience as our crews made repairs as quickly and safely as possible. pic.twitter.com/MpLDF8HXoL
— Hydro One (@HydroOne) May 7, 2019
