John and Rebecca Fung headed to the basement of their Newtown home with their three children on the afternoon of Aug. 4. The hot, humid weather took a turn as Tropical Storm Isaias made its way through the area, knocking down trees and limbs, eventually cutting off electricity to hundreds of thousands of Eversource customers around the state.On their street, the storm brought down wires, causing two electrical fires.“You could smell the burning in the air,” John Fung said.Fire department crews put out the fires by smothering the flames and notifying Eversource, according to testimony filed...…John and Rebecca Fung headed to the basement of their Newtown home with their three children on the afternoon of Aug. 4. The hot, humid weather took a turn as Tropical Storm Isaias made its way through the area, knocking down trees and limbs, eventually cutting off electricity to hundreds of thousands of Eversource customers around the state.On their street, the storm brought down wires, causing two electrical fires.“You could smell the burning in the air,” John Fung said.Fire department crews put out the fires by smothering the flames and notifying Eversource, according to testimony filed...WW…