Fire at transmission tower leaves 10K without power in southern Sask.

A power outage in southeastern Sask. hit over 10,000 people starting Tuesday night.

A fire damaged a wooden transmission towerand power was lost at around midnight.

The outage stretched from Carlyle, Sask. to the Manitoba border about 60 kilometres away. Power was also out on the White Bear First Nation.

"What we do know is exactly where the damage is. So right now, it's a question of planning exactly how we're going to do the work," said SaskPowerspokesperson Jonathan Tremblay.

SaskPowersaysthey are on track to have power restored to all customers by mid-afternoon, with permanent repairs to be completed over the next 24 hours.

There is no word on how the fire started.