Webster City: Fire in tree causes brief power outage

  • Source: Daily Freeman-Journal
  • Published: 07/21/2017 03:07 AM

The Webster City Fire Department was called out for a possible pole/tree on fire on Thursday afternoon in the alley of the 1100 block of First Street. “When we arrived, the tree was on fire because it actually broke at the base and fell into the powerline wires. So we had some live wires that were hot and arcing on the tree,” said Webster City Fire Chief Chuck Stansfield. According to Stansfield, the line department killed the power to the line and began taking the tree down. As the pieces fell down, the fire department was able to put the fire out.



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