A violent thunderstorm and downpour on Saturday afternoon knocked down several trees and caused power outages around the city.
A Burlington Hydro official said staff responded well to calls and there were no lengthy outages from the storm, which hit areas of the city shortly after 1 p.m.
“It was a pretty intense storm for a brief time and we had a number of small issues,” said Joe Saunders, director of operations. “A lot of staff got out and everything was restored.”
He said the largest outages occurred when the thunderstorm caused two power feeder breakers to lock out at 1:33 p.m. In each case, power was restored a few minutes later.
One outage affected 709 customers in the King Road and North Service Road area and the western boundary of Aldershot.
In a second outage, 1,036 customers briefly lost power in the Brant Hills area, on the western portion of Cavendish Drive and the Upper Middle Road area, west of Brant Street.
Saunders said several smaller incidents occurred, affecting about 10-15 customers each.
There were six reports of trees and 13 calls about branches falling on wires.
The longest outages occurred when hydro poles broke during the storm.
Saunders said power was off for nearly five hours in the area near 350 Malvern Rd. and about three hours near 506 Picton Place.
Power was off for about 4 1/2 hours near 5116 Cedar Springs Rd. when a vehicle hit a hydro pole about 9:30 a.m.
Saunders said Burlington Hydro’s tree trimming and maintenance programs helped minimize outages from the storm.
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