Via Cape Cod Incidents/CWN
BARNSTABLE – High winds may be to blame for snapping a utility pole in Barnstable. The pole on Independence Drive near Breeds Hill Road was found broken around 5:45 AM Friday. Eversource crews were working to make repairs and restore service to 278 customers affected. In an update to the utility’s outage map, repairs could now take until 3 PM. Traffic detours were possible in the area.
About noon, 313 customers in the Cotuit area lost power apparently from the high winds.
About 1:30 PM, 562 customers lost power in Sandwich. Firefighters were investigating downed downed primary power lines in the Great Hill Road area which appeared to have sparked a brush fire.
About 2 PM, a large tree came down on Carlisle Dr. in Osterville snapping a utility pole. 150 customers lost power from this incident.
By 4 PM all larger outages except for the one on in Sandwich had been restored. The utility was estimating the Sandwich outage would be repaired by 8:15 PM.
