On July 31st, 2003, the lights went out for 7,500 people living in the North Thompson and Robson Valleys. The McLure wildfire ravaged 20km of transmission line – damaging 112 wooden poles – leaving residents and businesses without power for four to six days and without regular Hydro for more than three weeks. 20 years … Continue reading Remembering the 2003 McLure Fire Outage