Power Outage Leaves Hundreds Of Moncton Residents In The Dark

Tara Clow March 11, 2019 10:51 am Last Updated on February 7, 2026 1:17 pm

Over 230 residents in the northeast part of the city had to get ready for work in the dark this morning.

A resident in the area says a power pole caught fire at around 6:30am this morning.

Moncton Fire were on scene for a short period of time.

It’s believed that is what caused the outage.

NB Power says the pole needed to be changed, and crews were on scene for most of the morning.

Power was restored at around 10:45am.

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Tara Clow is a multi-award-winning news anchor and reporter with more than 30 years of experience at radio stations across Canada. She is a graduate of the Radio and TV Arts program at Toronto Metropolitan University and the Humber College radio broadcasting program. She is based in Moncton and covers stories across Canada. Contact Tara at clow.tara@radioabl.ca.