Power Mostly Restored in West Peabody After Tree Fall

A large section of West Peabody is without power Thursday night due to a tree that fell and snapped a pole, damaging wires and a transformer.

In an announcement via their Nixle account, the Peabody Police reported that live wires have been de-energized in the area, and that Lowell Street at Birch Street is not currently accessible to foot traffic.

Later, a spokesman at Peabody Municipal Light Plant reported that four poles at Birch Street and one on Lowell Street were down and that between 8 and 9 p.m., a number of customers in the upper hundreds - possibly 600 to 800 - had blackouts. By 9:45 p.m. many surrounding streets reportedly had their power back. 

The small area without power was said to be in the immediate area where the poles themselves were down, and the spokesman indicated that "we're looking at a long night" before the work is complete.