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UPDATE: Power restored in CK

Power has been restored to 2,874 customers in Chatham-Kent after an outage was reported on Tuesday afternoon.

Entegrus posted on Twitter around 3 p.m., stating Hydro One experienced a power outage that affected Entegrus customers in Erieau.

The Hydro One outage map initially showed a few sparse power outages, however, the affected area expanded from the Erieau and South Buxton areas, up toward Kent Bridge.

Chatham-Kent power outage Oct. 6, 2020. (Screenshot of Hydro One's outage map).Chatham-Kent power outage Oct. 6, 2020. (Screenshot of Hydro One's outage map).

There's no word on what caused the outage.

Power was originally expected to be restored by 5:45 p.m. and was later pushed to 7:45 p.m. However, power was fully restored to the area shortly after 6 p.m.

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