Thousands of Montreal homes and businesses were without power Monday after a gas leak downtown.
According to Hydro-Quebec’s Twitter account, over 10,000 of the Crown corporation’s clients lost service at its peak. It has nearly all been restored.
Environ 10 000 clients interrompus à la demande du @MTL_SIM en raison d'une fuite de gaz au centre-ville de @MTL_Ville.
— Hydro-Québec (@client_hydro) April 3, 2017
The leak started when a construction crew hit a valve on a 16" gas pipe.
Concordia University announced that all classes in the downtown campus' Hall Building would be cancelled until 5 p.m. They are set to resume at that time.
A spokesperson for Gaz Metro said crews must turn off eight valves in the area. They estimated it will take at least two hours to complete the work, which will allow electricity to be turned back on.
No injuries were reported in the gas leak, though a downtown daycare was evacuated.
