The power wires caught fire on East 48th Street at Church Avenue in East Flatbush just after 2:50 a.m. Wednesday.
Strong storms moved through the area Thursday night and brought down trees and possibly power lines in New Jersey.
The National Weather Service determined that no tornado touched down and attributed the damage to straight line winds, but officials said it resulted in hundreds of downed trees, private property damage to homes, cars, decks, pools, vehicles and fences.
Police in Toms River suspect a tornado might have touched down, but only the National Weather Service can confirm that.
High wind gusts from the Halloween storm snapped several trees, sending some toppling onto homes, cars and power lines in Madison, New Jersey.
Severe weather pummeled the Tri-State leaving a lot of damage in its wake: including the death of a driver upstate, the injury of a little girl who was out trick-or-treating and downed trees and power lines across the state.