Thousands Without Natural Gas Service in B.C.’s Okanagan, Possibly Until Sunday

FortisBC says it is working to restore natural gas service to about 6,200 customers in British Columbia’s Lake Country and north Kelowna area.

The utility says in a statement that the “service disruption” could mean that some customers won’t have gas again until Sunday.

The statement says technicians have to visit every home and business in the area to turn off their service at the gas meter.

Once all the meters are shut, crews will begin adding gas back into the system, a process Fortis says is called pressurizing.

While it says pressurizing will only take three hours, crews then have to go back to all those customers to turn on their gas meters and then light appliances, such as hot water tanks and furnaces.

The statement doesn’t say what set off the outage and no one from Fortis could be immediately reached for comment.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 16, 2026.

The Canadian Press

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