On one of the hottest days of the year, more than 18,000 people briefly lost power in Woodlawn, Shearwater and surround areas.

The outage happened at about 3:30 p.m., but power quickly came back shortly before 4 p.m.

Nova Scotia Power said the emergency outage lasted about 10 minutes, while crews removed a tree that fell on a line and “risked impacting equipment,” according to a social media post.

Hi Dartmouth – thanks for your patience during the quick power outage that just impacted parts of Woodlawn, Shearwater and surrounding areas. This was an emergency outage that lasted approximately 10 minutes as crews removed a tree on our line that risked impacting our equipment.

— Nova Scotia Power (@nspowerinc) June 20, 2024