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Monday, October 29, 2012

Report of Large Tree Blocking Skelton Road

An alert from a Burlington Patch reader.

Burlington Patch readers continue to come through with updates of what they are seeing in terms of storm damage around town. Around 8:30 p.m. a reader posted to Facebook that there was a tree down accross Skelton Road at the Nevada Road intersection. She also said the tree is blocking traffic in both directions. Avoid the area if you can. Send updates to Richard.Hosford@patch.com or add them as comments to this article. For up-to-the minute updates on this story and others, Sign up for Burlington Patch’s daily newsletter, “like” us on Facebook and “follow” us on Twitter.

Breaking: Report of Tree Over Wilmington Road

Avoid Wilmington Road if you can.

There are reports of a tree accross the road at roughly 44 Wilmington Road. Tweets from Mike Maura, a local who follows police and fire scanners, emergency crews are responding to the downed tree. Avoid the area if you can.

PHOTO: Large Tree Down on Wires

Large Pine tree down at corner of Wing Terrace & Putnam Road.

Patch reader Michelle Kelleher sent in this picture of a large pine knocked down by the wind and leaning on wires at the corner of Wing Terrace and Putnam Road. There are also reports of power outages on Wing Terrace. If you have a picture to share please send it to Richard.Hosford@Patch.com or upload it directly to this article by clicking the 'upload' button below the picture field. Be safe if you are out!

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