Large power outage impacts customers in LaSalle and Amherstburg

Lights are out at Howard Avenue and Laurier Parkway in LaSalle, Ont., July 13, 2015. (LaSalle police)

Essex Powerlines Corporation and Hydro One are reporting a large power outage in LaSalle and Amherstburg.

Essex Power says about 2,250 customers in LaSalle and 900 in Amherstburg are impacted.

Hydro One was reporting over 5,000 customers without power in Amhersyburg, Essex and Cottam, but the area has been partially restored.

“The problem is in the Hydro One service territory,” says Raymond Tracey, president of Essex Power.

“We have crews restoring power to our customers in LaSalle and we also have crews restoring power restoring power to Amherstburg.”

Various streets throughout the municipalities are without power.

Tracey says the problem is a feeder outage.

Power is expected to be restored by 3:15 p.m.