Ypsilanti firefighters chop down tree struck by lightning to put out fire
Ypsilanti firefighters chopped down a tree on North Hamilton Street Thursday night after lightning struck it and caught it on fire.
With the fire burning from the inside out, firefighters said they needed to chop the tree at 119 N. Hamilton St. down in order to get to the blaze.
"Usually we would use a chainsaw, but it was an old tree, so we were able to take it down with axes," said Capt. Max Anthouard with the Ypsilanti Fire Department. "Nothing in the surrounding area was in danger."
The fire broke out about 9:30 p.m.
Although the storm set off several alarms, Anthouard said the lightning strike was the only storm-related incident the department had to deal with Thursday night.
Contact Pete Cunningham at petercunningham@annarbor.com or by phone at 734-623-2561. Follow him on Twitter @petcunningham.
Comments
JMA2Y
Fri, May 4, 2012 : 4:05 p.m.
Finally, a story that explains what the sirens were all about. Now, if only they'd report about each day's sirens, we'd know more about what is going on in our community, maybe even the more important things such as dangerous situations, other fires, arrests, murders, robberies, etc.-where ever all those daily sirens screaming up and down our streets are going.
Joe_Citizen
Sat, May 5, 2012 : 8:42 a.m.
where have you been? This post puts out so much stuff it's hard to read it all in a day. Psych.
nickcarraweigh
Fri, May 4, 2012 : 3:25 p.m.
These new trees, of course, are a sport crossbreed with Kevlar and can only be hewn with power saws. Slack perimeter security allowed some rogues to slip out of the lab. But the old-fashioned trees you can still handle with an axe.
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Fri, May 4, 2012 : 2:54 p.m.
awesome!