Downed power lines in Midale, Sask. leads to large outage

Downed power lines in the community of Midale have resulted in a large outage area in southeastern Saskatchewan. (Courtesy: SaskPower)

An incident in Midale, Sask. has led to a large power outage – covering an extensive area of the province’s southeast.

At 9:44 Thursday morning, SaskPower reported that crews had been dispatched to an outage reported in Midale and its surrounding areas.

In a post to Facebook, the Town of Midale reported that power lines were down on the community’s Main Street – taking out power to the community and the area surrounding it.

“Please stay away from Main Street for the time being as there are downed power lines,” the post read.

According to the SaskPower outage map, the affected area covers the region which lies between Weyburn, Estevan and Stoughton.

In addition to Midale, the communities of Hitchcock, Macoun, Halbrite, Ralph and Colgate are within the outage area.

Midale, Sask. is located about 159 kilometres southeast of Regina.