Thousands without power in the greater Fredericton area

A transmission outage has left thousands of homes and businesses in the greater Fredericton area without power.

As of 1:50 p.m. Saturday, NB Power's website says just under 13,000 customers are without power, down from more than 15,000 earlier in the day.

Most of the affected customers appear to be on Fredericton's south side, however residents in the Lincoln, Hanwell and Waasis areas are also without power.

Marie-Andrée Bolduc, a spokesperson with NB Power, says crews have located two broken poles on Lian Street, near Hanwell Road.

Bolduc says crews are in the process to transferring most of the affected customers to another substation while the poles are being repaired.

NB Power's website says many of the customers should have their power restored by between 3 and 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

Officials at Regent Mall in uptown Fredericton say the facility is closed until the power returns.