WILLOW RIDGE, N.C. (WNCN) — More than 1,000 homes east of Hillsborough and northwest of Durham are without power Wednesday night.
Photos from the Eno Fire Department show an Orange County road that is blocked with a large tree down and flames in the wooded area surrounding it. Fire officials said the area of Cole Mill and Pleasant Green roads is temporarily closed where multiple downed lines and multiple woods fires are being responded to.
A Duke Energy map in the area shows 1,597 customers are without power in the area as a result. The first report of the outage came at 8:25 p.m. The company said its estimation for when power will be brought back online is 11 p.m…