HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutchinson officials are looking over the damage from Wednesday's wind storm.
“We’re doing damage assessment through our windshield survey,” Hutchinson Fire Chief Steve Beer said. “We have fire trucks going up and down the streets looking for where power lines are down.”
The damage in the city wasn’t just to trees as many buildings suffered at least some damage.
“We have some homes that have blown off their foundations,” Beer said. “Some places lost their roofs, their canopies so we’re just going and trying to get a general assessment.”
Some areas of Hutchinson were hit harder than others but the overall damage to the city is area wide.
“It was sort of widespread across the city,” Beer said. “It wasn’t really located in one core area of the town, the damage and the wires down is spread through the entire city.”
Beer says that if residents are concerned about power to their homes they can call the fire department and they will come and inspect the power lines coming to your home.
“Check where the power comes into your home,” Beer said. “ The wires were starting to whip around a lot of times and that stuff (power lines) gets a little loose, and so we’re just looking to make sure the homes are safe.”
If you do not have power at your home but your neighbors do, there could be damage to your service line. The fire department will come out and look at your home if you have any questions regarding your electrical service. If it is a damaged service line, it will need to be repaired by an electrician and is not the responsibility of Evergy or your power provider.
Beer says that it will be a while before a full estimate of damage can be made.
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