17,000 Newfoundland Power customers without power Tuesday morning
Thousands of people across Newfoundland woke up on Tuesday morning to no power in their homes.
According to Newfoundland Power’s website, there are several unplanned power outages impacting 17,026 customers, stemming from severe weather. Many of the power outages began Monday evening.
In St. John’s and vicinity, on the north east Avalon Peninsula and on the southern shore, a combined 1,725 customers are without power.
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In the Whitbourne, Conception Bay North and Cape shore area, 1,405 customers are without power.
Meanwhile, in Sunnyside, Clarenville and the Bonavista Peninsula area, 3,858 customers are impacted.
In Gander, Glenwood, Twillingate and New-Wes-Valley area, 4,730 customers are impacted.
In Grand Falls-Windsor, Baie Verte, Springdale, Buchans and Lewisport and vicinity, that number is 5,308.
CBC News has asked Newfoundland Power for an interview.
Newfoundland Power estimates most customers will have their power restored sometime on Tuesday morning.
According to the St. John’s Regional Fire Department, there were five pole fires and four wires down from Monday night to Tuesday morning.
St. John's Regional Fire Department Platoon Chief Ed Sears said many of the calls he received last night were related to Newfoundland Power utilities, like pole fires.
“We just go there and basically make sure the scene is secure,” he said Tuesday morning.
He added there isn’t much firefighters can do aside from making sure there are no hazards to other people while they wait for Newfoundland Power to show up.
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There were some wires down as well, Sears said.
“It's all about public safety and that there. We would just hold the scene until Newfoundland Power could get there and we would relieve our trucks in and continue on to the next call.”
While there were downed trees due to the powerful wind overnight, Sears said it wasn’t as bad as he had anticipated.
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This article was originally published for CBC News. With files from The St. John's Morning Show