National Grid executives have 85 of their 230 crews working in Warwick after Tuesday’s storm, but residents in Governor Francis neighborhood, one of the hardest hit areas in the city, are skeptical power will be restored soon.
A powerful storm with heavy winds, torrential rain and lightning toppled trees, knocked out power and started house fires across Kent County this morning at 6:30 a.m., including Warwick.
An apparent lightning strike started a fire in a small dormer room at the top of a home at 997 West Shore Road at about 6 p.m. Wednesday, blocking the road as the Warwick Fire Department extinguished the flames.