Eastham Fire responds to electrical fire

EASTHAM – Firefighters responded to an electrical fire at a remote residence on Plateau Avenue in Eastham about 3:30 PM. The scene was not far from Campground Beach. Officials discovered an underground electric service to the residence had been cut causing a fire to break out in the electrical panel in the basement. Eversource was called to cut power to the scene. Mutual aid from Wellfleet and Orleans was called as a precaution. Further details were not immediately available.