Vandals cut down poles with chainsaw, cut power in PoCo

B.C. Hydro says an “extremely dangerous” act of vandalism with a chainsaw is to be blamed for a four-hour power outage in Port Coquitlam Wednesday.
At around 4:30 a.m., a pair of power poles was cut down with a chainsaw, and a third pole was cut but remained held up by wires along railway tracks in Gates Park, according to B.C. Hydro.
The overhead power lines were brought down and an underground line was severed, causing more than 4,500 B.C. Hydro customers to lose power.
BC Hyd