Tree limb on line causes power outage Fri

Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown City Fire Department was called about 10:25 a.m. Friday to a reported tree fire at 1712 9^th Avenue Southeast.

The windy conditions  caused a power line to fall on the tree and sparks started the small fire.

The fire fighters stood by as Otter Tail Power crews were called to the scene.

Jeff Hoff at the Otter Tail Power company Jamestown Office says the line carries 115K volts, and the power  was being rerouted while  the tree limb was removed from the line.  The main line outage caused power to be off in that area, and a section of rural Jamestown south of town for about a half hour.

The power was then rerouted through the main line.

Hoff says it’s not unusual for a residual effect of previous wind storms to cause subsequent outages from additional weakened tree limbs falling on power lines, pointing to the August 18th wind storm that caused damages in Jamestown and the area.