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Homes were evacuated and hundreds of customers were without gas service Wednesday after a FortisBC line was damaged in North Vancouver.
FortisBC said “an external party” damaged the line near Rupert and Crown streets. As a precaution, some in the area were told to leave their homes. As of 1:30 p.m., they’d been allowed to return.
As well, a stretch of Mountain Highway – between Main and Crown streets – was temporarily closed, but has since reopened.
“Crews have temporarily shut down a portion of our system to make these repairs,” FortisBC told CTV News Vancouver in a statement, adding about 330 customers were without gas. “We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate our customers’ patience as we work safely and as quickly as possible to complete repairs.”
Fortis explained it takes “a number of steps” before restoring service to customers.
“Once we complete repairs and reactivate the impacted portion …
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