BC Hydro says lightning is the likely cause of a blackout that affected a widespread area of northern B.C. Wednesday night.
But officials say they still don’t know where the lightning hit or what equipment was affected.
Hydro spokesperson Bob Gammer says the utility will look at possible improvements once more information is known.
The outages began Wednesday at about 9:30 p.m. with more than 120,000 people left in the dark, including much of the city of Prince George.
Other affected communities included Vanderhoof, Smithers, Terrace, Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, Chetwynd, Hudson’s Hope, Houston and Burns Lake.
Power was back on in Prince George within two hours, and service was restored to the remaining customers by about 3 a.m.
