As storms came into our area yesterday, Indiana County fire crews were out to make sure that people were safe as storm-related damage was reported.
Four storm-related calls came in over the course of the afternoon on Tuesday. The first was on Pearce Hollow Road at 1:30 PM for a call of utility lines down on Pearce Hollow Road in East Mahoning Township. The Marion Center fire department was dispatched for that call. The second was ten minutes later on Greenwich road in Green Township. Commodore fire department was called for a report of utility lines down.
The next round was in the 5:00 hour, as Marion Center Fire Department was called out again. At 5:10 PM, firefighters were dispatched for both trees and wires down on Kinnan Road in Grant Township. And at 5:55 PM, Iselin and Coal Run fire departments were dispatched to Route 286 west in Young Township for a report of a tree down blocking the roadway.
Electric crews were busy as well, as both Penelec and REA Energy reported that several of their customers were without power. It was reported that 84 Penelec Customers and over 1400 REA Energy Co-operative members were without power due to the storms, but power was restored by the end of the day.
