NORTHERN ONTARIO

Power restored after outage near Sudbury airport

Chelsea Papineau CTVNorthernOntario.ca Journalist

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Published Monday, January 13, 2020 8:28AM EST Last Updated Monday, January 13, 2020 3:59PM EST

Greater Sudbury Airport Jan. 13, 2020 (Molly Frommer/CTV Northern Ontario)

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SUDBURY -- Power has been restored to nearly 500 customers after an early morning outage near Sudbury airport Monday.

Tiziana Baccega Rosa, a senior media relations advisor for Hydro One, says it happened around 6:16 a.m. when equipment at the top of a hydro pole failed, causing a fire.

Power has been restored as of 9:30 a.m., after crews replaced two switches.

Dawn Larsen, marketing and communications manager for Greater Sudbury Airport, tells CTV News that the airport operated on emergency backup power for a short time with no impact to operations.

Baccega Rosa says an equipment reset may be necessary to fully restore hydro service at the airport.

#TRAVELAERT The Greater Sudbury Airport is temporarily without electrical power due to a transformer across the street having caught fire. Electrical crews are on the scene working to restore power. #CHECK YOUR #FLIGHT #STATUS before leaving to the airport.
— GreaterSudburyAirport (@SudburyAirport) January 13, 2020