(UPDATE: 6:00 p.m.) - BC Hydro is now reporting that power in back all for all but 808 Kelowna and West Kelowna residents.
The outage had originally impacted over 5,000 people.
(UPDATE: 2:05 p.m.) - BC Hydro has confirmed a second power outage in West Kelowna.
It's currently affecting 2,202 customers in the area north of Old Raven Road and west of Juliann Road.
Just like the other outage in West Kelowna, which is affecting 2,951 other customers, it was caused by downed wires.
A second outage in #WestKelowna is affecting 2202 customers. Crews will respond as soon as they can. Latest updates: https://t.co/KeRha7Q5VY pic.twitter.com/rwrsR142iS
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) August 29, 2017
(UPDATE: 2:00 p.m.) - A KelownaNow reader has reported that the power outage in West Kelowna is due to a flatbed truck taking out a tensioned support wire.
"Flat deck truck took out a tensioned support wire from a utility pole at Shannon Lake Road and Tallus Ridge Drive," Jesse Tomlinson commented on a KelownaNow Facebook post. "Tension from the wire caused it to snap back into the power wires."
We await confirmation from BC Hydro on whether there is a second power outage or not.
(UPDATE: 1:45 p.m.) - Two West Kelowna power outages remain listed on BC Hydro's website.
So far, however, BC Hydro has only acknowledged one of them which has 2,951 people in the dark.
The outage is due to a downed wire and is affecting customers southwest of Westside Road, east of Highway 97 and north of Boucherie Road.
BC Hydro crews are currently en route to the scene.
KelownaNow will continue to try and confirm if there is a second outage or if that was an error in the BC Hydro website.
There's a wire down in #WestKelowna causing an outage to 2951 customers. Crews should arrive by 2pm. Latest updates: https://t.co/xxINzbN6eD pic.twitter.com/DWYkRf1YSC
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) August 29, 2017
(Original story: 1:40 p.m.) - The power has gone out for thousands of West Kelowna residents.
BC Hydro has two outages listed in the area, the first happening at 1:24 p.m. and the other at 1:26 p.m.
The first outage is affecting 2,951 customers, while the second one has the power out for 2,202 customers.
This incident is still under investigation and BC Hydro has not given any indication of when power might be restored.
KelownaNow will update this story as more information becomes available.
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