Hydro pole fire knocks out power in Kitchener’s Forest Heights neighbourhood

A Kitchener Fire Department truck is seen on Monday, Dec. 22, 2014. (Nicole Lampa / CTV Kitchener)

Emergency responders were called to a hydro pole fire in Kitchener while thousands of homes were left without power.

The Waterloo Regional Police Service told CTV News they were called to the fire behind the Walmart at Sunrise Centre in Kitchener around 6:40 p.m. Monday. They said crews from the Kitchener Fire Department dealt with the blaze.

By 8:20 p.m., Enova Power was still reporting approximately 2,019 customers were being affected by an ongoing outage due to “equipment failure.”

In an email at 9:05 p.m., an Enova Power representative said they did not have a firm estimate on when power would be restored, but the repair work was expected to take hours due to extensive damage.

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