Toronto Hydro says power has now been restored to customers in the central Etobicoke area as many have been forced to stay home due to government public health measures implemented during the coronavirus pandemic.

The power first went out on Monday morning for roughly 700 residents along Highway 427 in The West Mall and Eva Road leaving them in the dark for more than 24 hours.

As of about 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Toronto Hydro said power was restored to all affected customers.

“We know that the last couple of days without power have been incredibly difficult, especially with everyone staying home, and we cannot thank everyone enough for their patience,” Toronto Hydro said.

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Toronto Hydro said earlier in a tweet that the “outage was caused by an underground cable fault which can take more time to repair than an overhead repair.”

They added that crews worked throughout the day and overnight, as they ran into unexpected issues that delayed power restoration to the area.

With many people staying home, we know this has been an extremely difficult time to be without power. We appreciate everyone’s continued patience as our crews made complicated repairs & worked around the clock to bring power back. (2/2) — Toronto Hydro (@TorontoHydro) April 7, 2020

Crews worked throughout the night to make repairs. To complete restoration, they need to manually switch power back on gradually. They’re making progress & the first customers should be switched back on this morning & the remaining customers will follow soon after that. (1/2) — Toronto Hydro (@TorontoHydro) April 7, 2020

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Outage update: Crews are now running a series of new cables underground. While these repairs are complicated and take time to complete properly, crews continue to work as quickly & safely as possible. — Toronto Hydro (@TorontoHydro) April 6, 2020

We ran into unexpected issues while trying to restore power. Crews remain on site & are actively troubleshooting. Unfortunately, the outage may continue into the late evening. (1/2) — Toronto Hydro (@TorontoHydro) April 6, 2020

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We know this has been very frustrating with everyone staying home and we're truly sorry. We can assure you that crews are doing absolutely everything they can to make repairs as quickly and safely as possible. (2/2) — Toronto Hydro (@TorontoHydro) April 6, 2020