Tree contacting a power line knocks out hydro to 7,600 customers in Barrhaven

Hydro Ottawa is reporting a hydro outage in the Barrhaven area Wednesday afternoon. (Hydro Ottawa/website)

Power has been restored to thousands of customers in Ottawa’s south end, after a tree knocked out power for more than an hour.

Hydro Ottawa reported 7,600 customers in the Barrhaven, Fallowfield, Merivale Gardens/Pineglen and the Glens areas lost power around 12:45 p.m.

Power was restored at 1:50 p.m.

“Power has been restored to customers impacted by the outage that was caused by tree contact on the power line,” Hydro Ottawa said on its website. “Thanks for your patience.”