No one home when tree pierces Siler City home

A Siler City home in a rural area was damaged when a tree came down on it Monday morning.
Posted 4/13/2020, 12:55:14 PM

SOME OF THOSE EYE OPENING

PICTURES CONTINUE TO POUR INTO

THE NEWSROOM.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE THEM

WITH YOU.

>> LET'S GO TO OUR CREWS IN THE

FIELD.

WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN

SILER CITY.

>> YES, WE DO.

>> Reporter: WE ARE EAST OF

CHAPEL CHURCH ROAD.

WE HAVE A SIZABLE TREE AND

WOULD FELL ONTO THIS MODULAR

HOME.

THAT IS RATHER REMOTE.

I DON'T SEE ANY NEIGHBORS

AROUND AND NOBODY CLOSE BY.

NOBODY IS HOME HERE.

LOOK AT ALL OF THE DAMAGE TO

THE ROOF OF THIS HOME.

IT JUST CRASHED INTO THE ROOF

AND WHAT IS PROBABLY A BEDROOM

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS

WINDOW.

IT IS QUITE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO

THIS HOME.

I KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND

NOBODY ANSWERED.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WAS

HOME WHEN THE TREE CRASHED INTO

THIS HOUSE, BUT IT DID DO QUITE

SOME DAMAGE TO THIS HOUSE ON

EAST CHAPEL CHURCH ROAD ABOUT 5

MILES SOUTH OF US 64 OUTSIDE

SILER CITY.

IT IS A REMOTE AREA.

IT IS ISOLATED DAMAGE ON OUR

DRIVE DOWN THAT WE SAW BUT WE

DIDN'T SEE ANY OTHER TREES

DOWN.

IT IS NOT LIKE THIS IS ONE OF

MANY TREES THAT HAVE TOPPLED IN

THE STORM.

WHAT IT DID TO THIS HOME IS

QUITE EXTENSIVE.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY WORD OF

INJURIES AND IT DOESN'T APPEAR

ANYBODY WAS HOME WHEN THIS

OCCURRED.

NOBODY IS HERE NOW.

THERE IS A LOT OF CLEANUP TO

DO, AS YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE.

WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING ELSE

LIKE THIS ON EAST CHAPEL CHURCH

ROAD.

THIS APPEARS TO BE AN ISOLATED

INCIDENT HERE.