Close to 18,500 people were left in the dark on Monday evening after a transformer blew out in Oshawa.

Oshawa Fire Services said that they received a call at around 5:38 p.m. A transformer on Taunton Rd. E. and Mary St. N. had blown out, leaving live wires on the ground.

Oshawa PUC Networks restored power and finished all repairs before the estimated deadline at 8 p.m. Monday evening. After the initial repairs, a second transformer blew around 8 p.m. on Wilson Rd. just north of Rossland.

According to the Oshawa Fire Services, there is no confirmed number of power outages but “it didn’t seem to be as bad as last time.”

The University of Ontario Institute of Technology cancelled all of its evening classes due to the power outage. The outages are affecting residents in mid and northern Oshawa.

Oshawa PUC Networks are expecting to finish the repairs on the second transformer around 10:30 p.m.

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