Emergency Shelter Set Up
Some Bradford Township residents are still without power today, and although Penelec crews are working to get it restored they're not sure when that may happen.
But Bradford Township Volunteer Fire Department Chief Dan Burkhouse tells WESB and The HERO the Custer City fire station is being set up as an emergency shelter for anyone in the High Street area (from just south of East Warren Road to Lewis Run) who doesn't have power.
"People already went through one night …We can't go into a second night without having shelter for these people if they need it," Burkhouse said.
He said firefighters have been going door-to-door to let people know about the emergency shelter, but some of them are not home.
Crews from First Energy (Penelec) tell us they're working on some "major problems" today that are causing the intermittent power outages.
Yesterday, most of the problems were caused by a tree that fell on power lines in the Warren area and knocked out a major line that runs from Warren to Bradford.
Because of the weather, First Energy couldn't use its helicopters to find the downed tree in the heavily wooded area, so they had to use ATVs to find it.
But Bradford Township Volunteer Fire Department Chief Dan Burkhouse tells WESB and The HERO the Custer City fire station is being set up as an emergency shelter for anyone in the High Street area (from just south of East Warren Road to Lewis Run) who doesn't have power.
"People already went through one night …We can't go into a second night without having shelter for these people if they need it," Burkhouse said.
He said firefighters have been going door-to-door to let people know about the emergency shelter, but some of them are not home.
Crews from First Energy (Penelec) tell us they're working on some "major problems" today that are causing the intermittent power outages.
Yesterday, most of the problems were caused by a tree that fell on power lines in the Warren area and knocked out a major line that runs from Warren to Bradford.
Because of the weather, First Energy couldn't use its helicopters to find the downed tree in the heavily wooded area, so they had to use ATVs to find it.
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