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Storm brings dozens of emergency calls, power outages to area

Times Observer photo by Brian Ferry A truck from Davey Tree Service approaches a Penelec truck marking a Valentine Run location with a tree down across wires Tuesday morning.

There were about 70 emergency calls during the winter storm that swept through Warren County late Monday and early Tuesday.

Many of the calls were for electrical outages. According to First Energy Senior Communications Representative Lauren Siburkis, more than 8,600 Penelec customers lost power overnight.

Most of those were related to storm damage like trees falling across power lines.

There were several motor vehicle crashes attributed to the weather and reports of trees on homes.

No injuries were reported, according to Warren County Public Safety Director Ken McCorrison.

A Monday night snowstorm turned Warren County, including the area along Conewango Creek north of Fifth Avenue in Warren, into a winter wonderland.

Residents in several areas of the county remained without power through Tuesday afternoon.

According to the First Energy Storm Center outage map, there were outages in a generally southeast line from Bear Lake to Sheffield.

Siburkis said Tuesday, that crews continued to work to restore power to about 1,300 customers statewide.

There were about 25 areas of Warren County where between 1 and 20 customers were without power as of Tuesday afternoon.

There were 11 larger outages – 20 to 100 customers – remaining at that time. They were located in Youngsville, Starbrick (two), downtown Warren, Pine Grove Township (two), Sugar Grove Township, Chandlers Valley, Mead Township, Tiona, and Sheffield Township.

Times Observer photo by Brian Ferry Scenes like this one, where Penelec responded to an area where trees and wires were down along Valentine Run, were common throughout Warren County on Tuesday.

“We expect to have the majority of customers back up and running by this evening,” Siburkis said Tuesday. “We will continue to provide updates for specific locations as they become available. We also urge customers to stay far away from any downed or low-hanging wire, and to always assume they are energized and dangerous. Report them immediately to 911.”

Times Observer photo by Brian Ferry A Monday night snowstorm turned Warren County into a winter wonderland.

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