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Multiple Departments Respond to Reports of Trees and
Wires Down Across Roadways Monday Evening
Published: April 18, 2022 at
08:05 p.m.
By: Nick Altmire
There are multiple
reports of trees and wires across roadways around the county this evening as a result of the gusty wind conditions. Glenfield/Brantingham, Martinsburg, Croghan, Port Leyden and
Lowville fire units have all been dispatched to calls.
As of 8 p.m., National
Grid shows 1,981 customers without power in the county. Over 1,000 of the
outages were in the Brantingham area. Tree and
wires are reported down on Cottage Rd.(3G Fire),
Stony Lake Rd.(Lowville Fire), Canal St. (Port Leyden Fire), and N. Chases
Lake Rd.(Lowville Fire). In the town of Croghan, the Old State Rd. is
closed between the Monnat School Rd. and Erie
Canal Rd. due to a tree and wires across the roadway.
Update (8:10
p.m.): Lowville fire units have been dispatched to a third call for a
report of a tree split on E. State St. in the village. Lowville Fire is
establishing a command center at the fire hall to manage multiple
incidents. Croghan fire reports the Old State Rd. has reopened with the
tree and wires removed from the roadway.
Update (8:15 PM): National Grid
shows the outages impacting customers in the following towns: Croghan- 320;
Greig- 994; Lyonsdale- 34; Osceola- 374; Village
of Port Leyden- 49; Turin- 14; Watson-198
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