Major power outage in several locations in the Outaouais

Major power outage in several locations in the Outaouais

Several power outages were reported across the Outaouais on Thursday due to wind gusts, causing a major blackout in the region.

Some Pontiac municipalities were affected, notably Sheenboro, L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, Otter Lake, Alleyn-et-Cawood, Campbell’s Bay, Thorne and Clarendon.

According to the Advisor – Community Relations representing Hydro Québec in the Pontiac for Hydro-Québec, Alain Paquette, the situation is almost restored in most of the affected places.

For the sectors still without electricity, Mr. Paquette explained that it is difficult, in a situation of major breakdown, to give a precise time of recovery, given the large number of breakdowns.

Villages in the municipality of La Pêche also lost power for a few hours, notably Lac-des-Loups, East-Aldfield and Sainte-Cécile-de-Masham.

At the time of this writing, 1,443 Pontiac customers were still without electricity.