| Severe Thunderstorms hit the PARK |
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Several severe thunderstorms hit Anderson County around 1800, July 21, 2008. After already having two calls prior to the storm, At the start of the storm Homeland Park was dispatched to a down power line. During this time R3 and E3-1 stood by at the station only to be dispatched to a structure fire on Acker Rd.. This was the start of a long list of calls that ranged from power lines down, to trees on houses, to cars under trees, etc.. In total HPFD ran around 16 calls in 7 hours.
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| Responding Units: Engine 3, Engine 3-1, Rescue 3,Grass 3,Medic 3 |
| Pictures below are car vs. tree on South Fant St., tree in a house on South Main St., power line pulled from a house on Ellison St., tree in a house on Keys St., and crews standing by on June Ave. with down trees and power lines and also a power line pulled from a residence. Many more to come just taking awhile to pick through them (tree in a house on Algonquin Ave., tree in a house on Lanier Ave., and a few more). | |||
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