Tree Falls on Electric Wires, Road Closed in Dover, Dover MA


A large tree fell onto electrical wires at the entrance of Buttercup near Dover Road, blocking the road and causing issues with power lines. Assistance is being requested.
Audio|Source: Dover Fire and Police
01:17
Transcript:
00:00
We're on Buttercup by Dover Road.
00:02
Just got a tree fall.
00:03
It is tangled up in electrical wires right at the entrance.
00:07
Buttercup is going to be impassable.
00:09
We're going to use Eversource down here.
00:11
Probably a tree tree tree. Roger, I'll notify.
00:12
4-7 control.
00:13
It looks like all of the wires are still attached, but there is a very large limb pressing down all the wires from the primary down to the communication.
00:26
Control 347, are those wires still attached to the limbs just hanging on them? There's about a, call it, 40-foot limb that is angled from the ground up into the wire.
00:43
The wires are still attached, but the weight of the limb is on the wire.
00:46
Thank you.
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Dover Rd, Dover, MA
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