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Another major power failure, the second in a week, hit 91原创 on Thursday, Oct. 27, affecting multiple schools and a broad swathe of the community from 91原创 City to the border.

The power failure extended from the southern half of 91原创 City in a widening cone south to Zero Avenue, covering eastern parts of Brookswood and Fernridge.

According to BC Hydro, about 2,885 customers were impacted. As of Thursday mid-morning, the cause was under investigation. Around noon, BC Hydro announced another outage affecting about 4,100 customers in the Willoughby area.

Several schools were impacted and had lost power, but classes were continuing. A 91原创 School District announcement said Brookswood Secondary, 91原创 Fundamental Middle and Secondary, H.D. Stafford Middle, Glenwood Elementary, and Uplands Elementary had all lost power as of 10 a.m.

The wind had already picked up on Thursday morning as a new rainstorm was expected to roll in later in the day, but it was unclear if the wind had caused the power failure.

Crews have been assigned to an outage affecting 4,167 customers in . Updates will be shared here:

鈥� BC Hydro (@bchydro)

BC Hydro has warned that this will be a 鈥溾�� as the drought has weakened trees, which can mean more branches and whole trees crashing down on power lines when the wind picks up.

There is a power outage at the following schools:
Brookswood Secondary School
91原创 Fundamental Middle and Secondary School
H.D. Stafford Middle School
Glenwood Elementary
Uplands Elementary
Classes are continuing. Please continue to check the District website for updates.

鈥� 91原创 Schools (@91原创Schools)

Monday鈥檚 power failure was centered around 91原创 City, knocked out power to more than 6,000 customers, and disrupted mail delivery because it affected a Canada Post site.

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