Number of power outages after Fiona increases in P.E.I. on Oct. 6

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Extra households throughout P.E.I. are with out energy on Oct. 6 as restoration efforts proceed throughout the province following post-tropical storm Fiona.

Whereas crews have been capable of make some beneficial properties, particularly in Charlottetown, about 8,800 households remained with out energy as of 4 p.m., making it 13 days at the hours of darkness for many.

Kim Griffin, spokesperson for Maritime Electrical, stated there are nonetheless pockets of communities with out energy.

“We really had some prospects go on and off,’’ Griffin informed SaltWire Community, including that greater than 20 crews spent the day within the capital metropolis restoring energy and trimming bushes.

Griffin stated the objective continues to be to have the ability again on in every single place by Oct. 9, including that crews hope to transform from pockets of communities to particular person outages someday on Oct. 7.

Crews transformed to addressing particular person outages in western P.E.I. on Oct. 6.

“Central and jap P.E.I. have been hit actually onerous,’’ Griffin stated, referring to the problem of restoring energy.

There are at present 224 crews from British Columbia to Newfoundland and Labrador working to revive energy in P.E.I.