HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — The High Point Fire Department has released a report about the calls for service they received during the storms on Wednesday night.
The calls began to come in at around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday and lasted through around 2:00 a.m. on Thursday.
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Firefighters responded to a variety of weather-related incidents. Those incidents included calls about building fires, submerged vehicles and structural collapses due to rising water and fallen trees.
In total, there were:
- 23 calls for service
- Downed trees, water in basements/crawl spaces, water leaks into structures
- 19 water-related rescues
- Submerged vehicles and people trying to cross flooded areas on foot
- 2 structural collapses
- Rising water destroying a home’s wall and a tree falling on a house
- 3 structure fires
- 4 traffic crashes
Some of the areas impacted were:
- Blair Park Golf Course/Brentwood Street
- Rivermead Community off Eastchester Drive
- Deepriver Rd at Hickswood Road
Firefighters say that around 24 people were rescued from water-related emergencies in total…