PHOTO: Massachusetts Home In Renovation Left Sideways After Powerful Storm
By Jason Hall
December 1, 2020
A Somerville, Massachusetts home will reportedly be torn down after being left leaning sideways following a powerful storm on Monday.
The Oak Street home was in the process of renovation before winds shifted it closer to the house next door, which has caused the family that lives in it to leave, CBS Boston's Anna Meiler reports.
“It was a pretty crazy night,” said Dylan O’Sullivan, who lives next door, via CBS Boston.
O'Sullivan said he was cooking dinner with his girlfriend when he started hearing loud winds and went outside to make sure his grill was secured before noticing the house next door was moving closer.
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“With each gust of wind you could see the wall move a few feet,” O’Sullivan told CBS Boston. “As you can see it’s visibly tilting toward our house.”
O'Sullivan said he called the fire department, grabbed belongings, put them in the car and got his car out before first responders turned off his gas and storm winds took down power lines. The storm knocked out power for more than 48,000 customers in Massachusetts, but caused zero injuries, CBS Boston reports.
The house was left leaning and in danger of collapsing, which forced police to close off the street temporarily.
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