A power outage hit thousands of Vernon residents and businesses Thursday afternoon.
Briefly.
Lights went out at 1:20 p.m. for 4,181 properties. It was back on before 3 p.m.
BC Hydro crews say the outage is due to a bird contacting wires.
The outage was North of Commonage Road and West of Aberdeen Road, including The Morning Star office.
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