AMESBURY, Mass. – An Amesbury couple is making repairs to their roof after a large tree branch crashed through the ceiling.
It happened Monday evening on Greenleaf Street during a slow-moving nor'easter.
After the emergency number 911 was called, the emergency services immediately turned off the power because there was a risk of a fire.
The rain-soaked tree branch pierced the ceiling in the living room, about 8 to 10 feet from where Richard Poetz's wife was watching television.
“She was pretty scared,” Poetz told Boston 25 News. “She calmed down and called 911. The arborist came and took down all the big pieces so they could turn the power back on for us.”
Poetz was not at home when it happened and rushed home after a call from his wife.
He's thankful the branch didn't fall closer to where she was sitting.
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