Thousands affected by power outages near Lac Ste. Anne

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EDMONTON -

Thousands of residents in the area of Lac Ste. Anne were hit with power outages Tuesday night.

At 5 p.m., around 2,900 customers lost power due to a downed wire, according to Fortis Alberta. Most of these customers had power restored by 7 p.m., fewer than 20 customers were still without power around 9 p.m.

Around 7:10 p.m., around 2.400 customers lost power near the initial outage due to a different issue.

The cause of the outage was listed as a tree on the power line on the Fortis website.

The majority of customers affected by the second outage had power back around 9 p.m., according to Fortis. The downed wires left about 175 people with no power until repairs could be made.