A failed insulator was the cause of a massive power outage over Tuesday night.
Almost 8,900 homes north of the Nechako River were without power from 9:30 p.m. to 4 a.m. and a further 5,000 in the city proper were impacted from 1:20 a.m. to 3:30 a.m. as crews shut down nearby lines to replace a porcelain insulator at Ferry and Westwood with a glass one, said B.C. Hydro spokesman Bob Gammer.
