Downed line causes fire, power outage along Route 24
A downed power line Oct. 13 cut off power for about 10 hours and caused a fire in a wooded area of Route 24.
Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Co. was dispatched at 1:20 p.m. to 21171 John J. Williams Highway for a motor vehicle crash and learned that a tree fell across Route 24, taking out the power lines and hitting the car.
The downed lines caused a fire in an adjacent wooded area. Officials said fire crews dragged a hose line through the woods to extinguish the fire because of the live wires.
The road was closed for about 10 hours, officials said, and there were no injuries.
Melissa Steele is a staff writer covering the state legislature, government and police. Her newspaper career spans over 30 years and includes working for the Delaware State News, Burlington County Times, The News Journal, Dover Post, and Milford Beacon before coming to the Cape Gazette in 2012. Her work has received numerous awards, most notably a Pulitzer Prize adjudicated investigative piece, and a runner-up for the MDDC James S. Keat Freedom of Information Award.
