High winds littered roadways with small branches and brought down larger ones around town during today’s storm. As of 5:15 p.m. on Monday, 121 of 2,609 EverSource customers in various parts of Lincoln were without power. The town got off fairly easy, though. Towns that were hardest-hit by percentage of households without power were Medfield (51%), Carver (39%), and Duxbury (34%).
Bedford Road residents called the Fire Department after a broken tree fell on wires over a private driveway and started smoking. Before firefighters could arrive, the weight of the tree pulled the fuse off the top of another utility pole, resulting in sparks and a loud bang. “I ran like the devil,” said Steve MacLellan of 52 Bedford Road, who was standing close to the second pole with neighbors when it happened.
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