Crews rescue elderly woman after tree crashes onto home

Tree crashes onto mobile home, June 20, 2019. (Credit: Howe Springs Fire Rescue)

Tree crashes onto mobile home, June 20, 2019. (Credit: Howe Springs Fire Rescue)

Howe Springs Fire Rescue rescued an elderly woman from her home during Thursday afternoon’s storms.

According to a post on its Facebook page, a large pine tree fell on the woman’s mobile home off the Pamplico Highway due to high winds from a storm cell.

The area was under a severe thunderstorm warning at the time, with an expanded risk for high winds.

 

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