Crime & Safety
Tree Falls on House, Causes No Structural Damages (VIDEO)
Incident could have been much worse due to nearby power lines, says fire captain.
The branches of a large tree gave out and landed on the roof of a Mountain View home at 350 Higdon Ave. early Sunday morning.
According Mountain View Fire Department Capt. Tim Harvey, despite there not being any gusts of wind shortly before 1:45 a.m., the large branches must have been weighed down after days of stormy weather.
A larger incident was miraculously avoided, Harvey explained, because the branches avoided taking down some power lines—that connected directly to the home—and which hung inches from where the branches landed.
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Harvey confirmed that there was no structural damage and the residents were uninjured.
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