Tree splits down the middle before falling on 2 East Point homes

Crews in East Point are working to remove a massive tree from two homes.

Channel’s 2 Courtney Francisco was on Lee Street in East Point on Friday afternoon where a tree fell and landed on two homes.

Arborists told her that it was so old and so wet that it cracked down the middle and fell on the two homes on one side of it.

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Neighbors told Francisco that the tree fell around 5 a.m. on Friday.

“It sounded like a wreck. It sounded like a tractor-trailer hitting together, really sounded like two tractor-trailers hitting together,” neighbor Martha Jenkins said.

Luckily, no injuries have been reported.

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A tree removal company had to bring a 70-ton crane into the residential neighborhood to help remove the tree.

It took crews more than 12 hours to get the job done.

A company that tarps roofs worked through the rain Friday night to cover the damage before water caused more problems.

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