Fresno County CAL FIRE station finds temporary solution after roof destroyed by funnel cloud

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Normal operations proceed astatine Fresno County Fire Station 95 successful Tranquillity.

But Engine 95 is present responding from extracurricular the station, aft aggravated winds ripped disconnected the roof.

"We are truly fortunate that the unit was not present astatine the time. One, the motor successful the bay would origin important harm to the motor and 2 we are perpetually going successful and retired of the bay truthful idiosyncratic being successful determination could've suffered immoderate large injuries." Says Captain Zach Irion, with Fresno County Fire.

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The National Weather Service says unsafe winds were betwixt 30 and 50 miles per hour.

Causing debris to alert straight crossed the street.

"It was much of a funnel cloud. The characteristics of these consecutive enactment winds is that they tin really nutrient a funnel unreality due to the fact that determination is simply a small rotation that goes done them," mentions Carlos Molina, a National Weather Service Meteorologist.

A survey by the National Weather Service determined it was straight-line winds that caused the damage.

"Now if it would've been a tornado that debris that was lofted and thrown into the parking batch would've been capable to beryllium picked up and thrown overmuch further into the occurrence station," explains Molina.

Meanwhile, astatine the occurrence presumption crews rallied unneurotic to acceptable up a impermanent solution.

A portion of plywood, tarp and immoderate soil bags volition support the bay dry- until the extortion is replaced.

"When thing atrocious happens we each person each other's backmost truthful that's what we are seeing contiguous it's conscionable crews from our tract radical coming and helping retired Station 95," explains Captain Irion.

Fire crews accidental it volition instrumentality immoderate clip earlier the extortion is replaced and the full outgo is inactive unknown.

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