More than 2,000 homes without power in West Kelowna

More than 2,000 West Kelowna B.C. Hydro customers are without power this afternoon.

Homes south of Auburn Road, north of Ridge Estates Drive, West of McCallum Road and east of Saddleback Place have been without power since 2 p.m. today, June 19, according to BC Hydro.

The cause is currently under investigation and repair crews are on site.

A total of 2,590 customers have been affected by the outage.


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Carli Berry

Carli Berry has been telling stories in the Okanagan for the past three years and after finding her footing in the newspaper industry, joined the Infonews team in January 2020. Recipient of the 2019 MA Murray award for feature writing, Carli is passionate about stories that involve housing, business and the environment. Born on Vancouver Island, she is happy to say Okanagan Lake reminds, her slightly, of the ocean. Carli can be reached at (250) 864-7494 or email cberry@infonews.ca.