More than 200,000 Montrealers are without electricity (and therefore fans and air conditioning), Thursday afternoon, while the metropolis is going through an episode of intense heat.
This represents about a fifth of Montreal households that find themselves without power. The west of the island is particularly affected.
Hydro-Québec places the blame on “the triggering of a protection mechanism on a [des] high voltage transmission lines”.
No time has been given by the Crown corporation for the return of service.
More details will follow.
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