Tree falls onto house, brings live wires down in Greenwich

A tree crashed down into a home in Greenwich and brought down live wires, officials say.

News 12 Staff

Feb 25, 2019, 11:18 AM

Updated 2,131 days ago

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Tree falls onto house, brings live wires down in Greenwich
A tree crashed down onto a home in Greenwich and brought down live wires, officials say.
The incident happened Monday near Arcadia Road and Park Avenue around 5 a.m.
Officials blocked the road off near the area where the wires fell. 
A family was inside of the home at the time of the incident but officials say no one was injured. 
A high wind warning was issued by the National Weather Service until 6 p.m.
A large tree also fell across River Road in Greenwich just after 1:30 a.m.
Eversource reported around 40 outages in town.
Officials say the tree uprooted due to strong wind gusts. 
Hundreds of power outages were reported across the state.