UPDATE: Tree Knocks Out Power To 7% of Framingham

Originally posted at 9:55 a.m. Updated at 10:50 a.m.

Final update at 4:30 a.m. for Friday newsletter.

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About 7 percent of Framingham was without power for less than an hour after a tree fell on wires on Potter Road around 9:30 a.m., said Eversource spokesperson Michael Durand.

“We had power restored to 800 (customers) within two minutes and the remaining 1,200 in about a half-hour,” said Durand.

Among those customers who lost power was Potter Road Elementary School, which operated on a generator for more than an hour.

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Eversource is reporting power has been restored to all customers at 10:45 a.m.

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Eversource is reporting about 2,000 customers without power in the Potter Road neighborhood in Framingham.

The power outage was reported just after 9:30 a.m.

It is not known at the moment what caused the outage.

Eversource says about 7 percent of Framingham is without power.

Neighboring Sudbury is reporting 8 percent of the town without power, or about 550 customers.

On Tuesday morning, about 6 percent of Framingham was without power along Route 30, between Concord and Speen streets. The power outage lasted about 3 hours and left two schools with no or partial electricity/heat.

Framingham Patch will update as we get more information.