An investigation is underway after an electricity sub-station near the Alberta-Saskatchewan border was slaughtered early on Monday, overthrowing oil and leaving thousands in the dark.
The RCMP claims to have answered a call “linked to the firearm” during an ATCO substation in Lloydminster, a city straddling the provincial border.
They say that the installation was killed and that a ball struck an oil tank, eliminating the power to more than 2,500 residents for at least three hours and releasing about 20,000 liters of oil.
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Preliminary estimates place the cost of damage and environmental cleaning at around 1.1 million dollars.
Police also investigate several break -in introductions that took place during the breakdown, but there is no evidence suggesting that they are linked.
An ATCO Energy spokesperson did not immediately send a request for comments.
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