Hundreds without power in Beaufort after tree falls on power line. Here’s what we know
Hundreds of homes were without power in the Mossy Oaks area of Beaufort after a tree fell on a power line Thursday morning.
Part of Battery Creek Road was closed to traffic after a tree fell near Southside Park, the city said in a release just after 9 a.m. Dominion Energy is on the scene with police and fire crews.
More than 500 properties were without power in the Mossy Oaks area as of 9:20 a.m., a Dominion Energy map showed. Dozens more power outages were reported in the downtown area in what appeared to be a separate incident.
Power had been restored by late morning, the Dominion map showed.
This story was originally published October 29, 2020 at 9:32 AM.
Stephen Fastenau
The Island Packet