Atlanta fire crews say one person is dead after a large oak tree fell onto a home Wednesday evening.
According to Sgt. Cortez Stafford with Atlanta Fire and Rescue, 911 calls came in
after 4 p.m. to report the tree had fallen on the home - and that people may be trapped inside. When crews got to the scene, they said that the tree had actually fallen across two homes, and several cars.
Stafford said one person was able to escape off the porch of the home and was OK. Fire crews had to go through the backside of a second home to get to the rear of the home with the tree on it in order to free the second person. However, there was still reports of a third person still inside the home.
Stafford said that in order to enter the home to find that last person, they had to shore up the fallen tree, which he said took out 90 percent of the roof, to make sure it was safe to enter.