Lights Back On After Large Part Of Scarborough Experiences Power Outage

Posted April 3, 2009 12:00 pm.

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The lights went out for thousands of Scarborough residents Friday morning.

A power outage hit a large swath of the east end before 7:30am. The affected area was bounded by Highway 401, St. Clair Ave. East, Warden Ave. and Bellamy Rd.

It’s unclear what caused the blackout but five feeders went out — by 9am all had been restored.

The outage led to slowdowns for many morning commuters — fortunately the situation was resolved quickly.

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