WELLFLEET – A large power outage affected Provincetown, Truro and Wellfleet around noon Saturday. There were reports of a utility pole on fire on Gross Hill Road in Wellfleet and sparks ignited some brush under the power lines.
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Provincetown Firefighters responded to the Icehouse Condos for a person trapped in an elevator due to the outage.
Eversource spokesperson Reid Lamberty tells Cape Wide News that the outage was caused by an osprey that came in contact with their equipment in Wellfleet. He added that just over 8,000 customers lost power as a result and power was restored to all customers within 40 minutes. Sadly, Lamberty confirms the osprey did not survive.
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