Fire crews in the Historic Triangle are working to clean up debris after a storm caused trees and power lines to fall Thursday, according to fire officials.
James City County fire crews responded to reports of several downed trees Thursday afternoon, most of which fell after the storms cleared, James City County Batallion Chief Al Catlett said.
Power lines were affected in several areas, causing a power surge in Newtown and several other minor outages, Catlett said.
One tree fell on a house in Forest Glen, causing damage to the roof and kitchen area. The family is displaced, but will stay with friends, Catlett said.
A second tree fell on Monticello Avenue and was hit by a car. A third tree fell on News Road near the Firestone entrance to Ford’s Colony and broke a car windshield, he said.
There were no injuries from any of the incidents.
“It looks like the storm loosened them up and they fell after a pretty brisk wind this afternoon,” Catlett said.
Power lines fell in two places in York County, on Barlow Road and Back Creek Road, Fire Chief Steve Kopczynski said. There were no widespread power outages or injuries, he confirmed.
There was an additional tree down on Merrimac Trail in upper York County, Assistant Fire Chief Jeffery Payne said. He said he expects more trees to fall this evening, but nothing major.
“It’s not uncommon for us to have something like that occur during a storm,” Kopczynski said.
In Williamsburg, there were no reports of large power outages or damage from downed trees, Deputy Chief Larry Snyder said. One tree fell on Penniman Road, near Second Street, but was cleared quickly without issue, he said.
Despite some damage and debris, both Snyder and Catlett said Williamsburg and James City County “got lucky” the damage from the storm was not worse.
The National Weather Service had a tornado watch in effect until 4 p.m. Thursday and predicted several fast moving thunderstorms that passed through the region between 10 a.m. and midday.
