Tree smashes through NW Atlanta home after storms
ATLANTA - The overnight storms caused a tree to smash into a northwest Atlanta home early Tuesday morning.
Officials tell FOX 5 the tree came crashing down on a home on the 800 block of Peyton Avenue NW at around 3:40 a.m. Tuesday.
FOX 5 cameras were on the scene of the extensive damage and found that the tree had destroyed a full side of the home.
Fortunately, no one was trapped or injured.
FOX 5 Meteorologist Jeff Hill says some areas of metro Atlanta received 5 inches or more of rain in the last 24 hours.
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Per lns:
VO only
No one trapped
Extensive damage
Terrance Kelly
Assignment EditorUPDATE--ALLEN----4:23AM--PER APD CALL SHEET--
Signal: 18 - TREE DOWN
Report Number: 212010188
Location: 826 PEYTON AVE NW
Beat: 109
Priority: 3
Time Received: 7/20/2021 3:43:36 AM
Time Dispatched: 7/20/2021 3:47:06 AM