
Historic St. Andrew’s on the Square catches fire
UPDATE (11:00 a.m.): The downtown power outage has been limited to 209 customers.
However, BC Hydro says power will not be restored until 4:00 p.m. for customers west of Second Avenue, north of Columbia Street, east of Lee Road and south of Seymour Street.
UPDATE (9:50 a.m.): KFR says crews have knocked down the fire and are continuing to assess.
However, KFR says the St. Andrew’s fire has affected a transformer, and power in the local grid is expected to be out for the remainder of the day. FortisBC crews are also working to shut off gas to the church.