DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Emergency crews are at the scene in a DeKalb County neighborhood where a tree came crashing down overnight.
Decatur Assistant Fire Chief Ninetta Violante told Channel 2 Action News that the tree fell onto two homes on Drexel Avenue early Tuesday morning.
One house had four people inside; two men, two women and two dogs. The tree hit the second story of the house and trapped a teenager in his bedroom while he was asleep.
The fire chief says debris was up to his neck
The tree blocked the door, and no one could get out of the house. They all eventually got out without injuries but the house won't be able to be lived in.
The second house had a woman living inside. She and her dog were trapped, but rescued. That house is safe to occupy.
The tree also damaged four cars and majority of the homes on the road are still without power.
“Because we don’t know how the branches fell into the home, we don’t know if we’ll have access to get to them or if the person is severely injured and we’re going to need more help as we get in there. So you go in there hoping for the best always and when the best happens. It makes it for a good day,” said DeKalb County Fire spokesperson Vera Morrison.
We spoke to one neighbor, who said one of the homes hit, it was the second time it’s happened in three years. And the family was preparing to move next week.