Trees Fall Down On Streets, A Minivan, And The Hood Plant In Concord

CONCORD, NH — The first major thunderstorm of the summer season caused problems all over the city — but first responders quickly reacted to the chaos.

The storm was expected to bring gusty winds, hard rain, hail, and possibly a tornado. Most of that came true.

Around 5:30 p.m., the storm hit, knocking out power to around 3,500 Unitil customers in the region with about 6,000 Eversource customers also losing power around the city.

A tree fell on a minivan on East Side Drive and streets around the city including Fisk Road and North State Street — where trees knocked down the Hood Plant sign and hit one of the buildings, the former location of a Weeks Restaurant, which closed in 1985.

Electrical workers, firefighters, police, and others responded to all kinds of emergency circumstances around the city on Tuesday.

Fires were also reported in Chichester and Deerfield.

As of 9:15 p.m., about 3,000 Eversource customers, including homes and businesses in Hopkinton and Webster were without power. Around 260 Unitil customers, mostly in Concord, but also in Canterbury, Chichester, Epsom, and Salisbury, were still without electricity.

NEWS 603 posted a video on Facebook of the East Side Drive incident.

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