An investigation is underway after an electricity substation near the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary was shot at early Monday, spilling oil and leaving thousands in the dark.
RCMP say they responded to a “firearms-related” call at an Atco substation in Lloydminster, a town straddling the provincial boundary.
They say the facility was shot at and a bullet hit an oil tank, knocking out power to more than 2,500 residents for at least three hours and releasing roughly 20,000 litres of oil.
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Preliminary estimates place the cost of damage and environmental cleanup at about $1.1 million.
Police are also investigating several break-ins that took place during the outage, but there’s no evidence to suggest they are connected.
A spokesperson for Atco Energy did not immediately return a request for comment.
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