Manitoba Hydro workers and a fire truck are at the scene in the north part of Winnipeg's St. Vital area after a hydro line exploded and came down on the street on Sunday afternoon. According to the Crown corporation's outage map, the explosion took place around 2:30 p.m. The intersection of Inman Avenue at St. Thomas Road is taped off. The outage is only affecting about five customers, and the estimated restoration time is about 5:30 p.m., according to Manitoba Hydro's website. The City of Winnipeg said in an email just before 5 p.m. the crews on scene declared the area safe.

Source: CBC News September 06, 2020 20:48 UTC