More than 50,000 homes in the Moncton area lost power Wednesday night after a fallen tree.
A large portion of Moncton and surrounding areas such as Shediac went dark beginning around 8:45 PM. According to NB Power spokesperson Dominique Couture, Wednesday night and Thursday at 1:45 am.
In an interview on Thursday, she explained: Customer impact.
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Fixed, but costly The total amount of is not yet known.
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"Investigate more We found out that the tree was actually cut down, so the RCMP is now conducting an investigation and we are cooperating with that investigation,” she said.
RCMP Sergeant. André Pepin told Global News on Thursday that a tree had been cut near the intersection of McLaughlin Drive and Highway 2, near the city's outskirts.
They began an investigation Thursday morning. Did.
They are asking anyone who knows what happened or who may have seen suspicious activity in the area between 8:00 p.m. I will contact them on Wednesday.
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Couture said: Utility vegetation management programs exist to prevent this from happening.
"Part of that program is expanding right-of-way where necessary, as well as identifying trees that could pose potential hazards," she said. rice field.
Still, she does not believe she could have prevented this particular outage.
"I don't think this could have been prevented just because [the trees were] intentionally cut down," she said.
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