More than 3K Enova customers without power in Kitchener
Thousands of people in Kitchener are without power due to an outage.
According to Enova Power's outage map, 3,647 customers lost electricity on Monday afternoon. The effected neighbourhoods were Stanley Park, Centreville Chicopee, Rosemount and Pioneer Tower West.
The estimated time of restoration was listed online as 6:30 p.m., but a specific cause for the outage has not yet been determined.
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